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Couvartura  rastaurte  at/ou  palliculAa 

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□  Colourad  mapi/     ^ 
Carjiat  gtegraphiquai  an  cfulaur 


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Colourad  ink  (i.a.  othar  th<n  Mua  or  Mack)/ 
Encra  da  coulaur  (i.a.  autra  qua  Maua  ou  noira) 


□•Cotourad  platas  and/or,  illustrations/ 
Planchas  at/ou  illustrations  an  coulaur 


Bound  with  othar  matarial/  / 

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Tight  binding  may  causa  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

La  raliura  sarrte  paut  causar  da  I'ombra  ou  de  la 
distorsion  la  long  da  la  marga  intiriaura 


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within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these  have  1 
been  omitted  from  filming/ 
II  se  peut  que  certaines  pages  blanches  ajouttes 
tors  d'une  restauration  apparaissent  dans  la  texta. 
mais,  lorsque  cela  *tait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
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lui  a  Mk  possiMe'de  se  prodirer.  Les  ditails  de  cet 
exemplaire  qui  sont  peut4tre  uniques  du  point  de  vue 
bibliograplihiKe,  qui  peuvent  modifier  une  ima^e 
reproduita.  ou  qili^peuvent  exiger  une  modifi^tion 
dans  la  mtthoda  normalede  fibnaga  sont  indiquls 
'Ci-dessous.  '.'    *    ■■    '  .  .       '      / .  / 

□  Coloured  pagn/  / 

Pages  da  couleur  / 

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□  PagM  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Pages  restaurtas  et/ou  pelliculAes 


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Pages  dicolorles.  tacheties  ou  piquies 


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Pages  d*tach4as    . 

r'l'Showthrough/  - 
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Title  page  of  issue/ 

Page  de  titre  de  la  livraison 


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Titre  de  dtpart  de  la  livraison 


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to  th«  g«i«ro«itv  of : 

Library  of  the  National 
Archivas  of  Canada    • 


L'fxomplairo  filmA.fut  ropirotfifit  grioo  I.  la 
OAnArotitA  do: 


La  biblioth^a  dat  Arcbivai 
nationalat  du  Canada 


quolhy 
loflibility 
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Ttio  imogos  oppoaring  horo  ara  tfia 
ppaaibla  eonaidoring  tho  condition 
of  tbo  orlglff irt  eopy  and  In  kaaping 
filming  eontraet  opoeifleationa. 


Original  edpiaa  toi  pHtitod  papar  eovala  a«o  fNmad 
baginhbig  wMi  tha  front  coiim  and  anding  on 
tho  laat  paga  with  a  printad  or  Nhiatratad  impraa- 
•ion,  or  tho  back  ed««r  whan  appropdata.  All 
othor  original  copioa  ara  fHmod  boginning  on  tlio 
firat  paga  with  a  printad  or  Uliiatratad  impraa- 
•ion.  and  anding  on  'tho  laat  paga  with  a  printad 
or  ilhiatratad  impraiaion.  . 


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ahaH  contain  tha  symbol  ^»>  (moaning  "CON- 
TINUCO").  or  tho  symbol  y  (mobhihg  "END"). 


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entirely  inclHflod  in  one  expoauro  ere  fNRied 
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conformity  avec  lee  conditions  du  controt  do. 

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pap^  eat  iniprimae  sent  filmte  en  commencaht 
par  le  premier  plot  et  en  terminent  soit  par  Jo 
domlAro  pege  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  dINustretion.  soit  per  le  second 
plat,  salon  le  cea.  Tou«.laa1iutree  exemplaires 
^    origineux  sent  fUmds  bn  eommencant  par  le 
promiAro  pege  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
dimpreesion  ou  d'iNustretion  et  en  terminent  per 
le  domiare  pege  qui  comporte  line  telle 
empreinte. 

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THE 


SONS  OF  THE  EMERALD  ISLE, 


OR 


LIVES  OF  ONE  THOUSAND 


REMARKABLE  IRISffMENi 


INCLl'Uf.Na 


MEOIOIB^    OF    NOTED  <!HABACTEBS 


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J.C... 


IRISH  PARENTAGE  OR   DESCENT. 


TSY  WILLIAM  L.  MACKENZIE. 


Hkiito  that  land,  whatever  land  it  be, 
Wbicb,  struggling  hard,  ii  pautiog  to  b«  free! 

OoUmta. 


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Netoiirorft; 

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PUBLISHED  BY  BURGESS,  STRINGER  AN»  CdMlANV 

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C^CsToIume 

IS  INSCRIBED  TO  THE  MBMORt  OF 


COLONEL    WILLIAM    OUANE. 

OF    PHILADELPHIA,  ." 

<M  a  I  ioKen  c*  teaatt^  4of  me  AwnG^hMa  wnicn 
aiuaea  nM  c&a^nletea^^,  jtnan^  eaUer-^—MT  'Ma  tiin*' 
cezitu,  miMy,  a/n€/  feat/e^  mt/e^nc^nce  wud  tonien 
ne  otthAotiet/  tne  cau^  of  nutnaniiu,  ttum,  and 
taatiee,  o^n  en  MiffKUtbna  0/  aieai  tiuzi,  t/anaeir, 
<wk/  Ativaiion,  ittniu  Mtec^pvecu  a  U4u/eni  c/  %/(o^^ 
•t^uMAe,  ana  ^metica,  auuna  ine  ui^  ^usiu  yeai 
Of    nuf  even/^i€   u^. 


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W.   I..   IIACKENZIE; 


Enured,  Mcordiof  to  Act  of  Congreis,  by  W.  L.  M*eKiHaiK,  in  th«  Cl«rk'«  Offlce  of  the  SoatI 

Dittrict  of  New.York. 


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ENZIE; 


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INTRODUCTION. 

■\ 

•This  rolumc  contains  brief  memoirs  ofknolict's  of  over  nine  hundred  na 
tivrs  uf  Ireland,  and  miu  |iundr>;d  s«jns  u,nd\itorej'r>mote  defendants  of  Irish 
'men.     A  coni]tendiuu9  index  and  tabic  of  ctuttents  will  render  it  useful  ibr 
reference,  «s  t^  biographical  dictionary,  ti^hhough  the  names  are  dot  arranged   . 
in  alpbalrtn/cal  order.  , 

There  is  some  novelty  ^n  an  attempt  to  afford  a  brief  bpt  accurate  record  of 
'  ohc  thousand  reumrkable  individuals — st;^tetinien,  divines,  jurists,  poet«f,  phi* 
losopliiTs,  hi:<tori:ins,  warriors,  patriots,  eminent  scholars,  and  noted  charac- 
ters, both  gnod  and  lad,  of  various  reli^ioiilp  and  shades  of  politics,  all  of  Ire-^  ' 
land  or  Irish- oxtra^uion — to  sliow  by  a  multitude  of  fjictjtJuow  mutuallriid- 
vanIai;eous  America  and  Inland  luive  i)eun  and  may  be  to  each  o>her^how 
deeply  indebted  thi!  Uaion  is  to  Irish  settlersi,  Irish  literature,  and  Irish  valor, 
and  how  foolivsh  or  wicked  those  persons  are  who  seek  ta  proscribc*or  quarrel 
with  the  natural  ally  of  our  republic,  a  naiioh  determined  to  gain  that  ind«- 
pendencu  wliich  its  gallant  sous  powerfully  aiclcd  America  40  attain  ^d  p^ 
serve.  ,'       " 

It  would  have  been  desirable  to  give  at  greater  length  the  lives  of  those 
who  had  attained  to  distinction  in  the  various  departments  oJT  human  ;pursuit, 
could  that  have  been  accomplished  without  sdch  an  increase  in  ikc  size  and 
cost  of  the  work  as  would  materially  lessen  its  circulation.  \ 

These  pages  alford  abundant  proofs,  (hat  Irishmen  and  their  sohs  were  - 
second  to  lioiie,  in  faithfulness  to  popular  institutions,  and  in  cflbrts,  in  1776 
and  1S12,  to  uphold  the  independence  of  the  Union— that  they  are'  the  liberal 
Iriends  and  natrons  of  science  and  the  useful  arts,  everywhere — that  they 
know  the  vame  of  a  ^government  founded  on  mild  and  equal  laws,  and  despise 
those  wjio  would  barter  liberty  jfor  worldly  wealth  or  igristocratic  connexion — 
and  that  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic,  and  in  every  quarter  of  the  globe|  the 
sons  of  the  Emerald  Isle,  have  been  honorably  distinguished  for  ^ajc^city^and 
courage,  learning,  skill,  and  manlv  'enterprise.  '  ^'   '■      \ 

The  vices  iind  crimen  which  attlict  society  are  partly  caused  by  ignoiaiice^. 
but  more  by  a  lack  of  integrity  in  n>any  persons  by  no  means  deficient  iii  in- 
,  telligencc.  Our  most  jdangerous  characters  kn,ow  too  much  ;  and  a  repfal  of 
.  the  naturalization  laws  would  but  divide  us  into  citizens  and  alions,  the  fa- 
vored  and  the  proscribed,  (he  slaves  iand  their  masters,  having  separate  feel- 
ings and  interests.  The'lgnorant  may  be  instructed,  prejudices  removed,  aiid 
defective  laws  amiended,  but  how  shall  we  get  rid  ol  the  incubus  brought  dp 
by  a  legion  of  insincere  politicians  ?      ' 

Who  were  the  first  settlers  in  America?    Aliens  to  a  man — ^foreignerft— i,  " 
strangers — many  of  them  unlearned — these  were  the  pioneers  who  acquired'' 
n  citizenship  b^  cultivating  the  soil,  by  retrieving  it  from  barrenness — not  by  \ 
being  born  on  it.    The  "l^tive  Amepcan  Associations"  of  our  day  arc  the/-  \ 
descendants  of  those  alien  strangers,  and  if  we  compare  their  conduct  to  the     V 
emigrants  Ytf ho  now  reach  our  shores  with  that  of  the  savages  who  were  tJbe       '^ 
"  Nijitive  Anierican  Associations"  of  a  former  age,  it  trill  be  seeii  that  the  cljSi- 
dren  of  tbe  foreigner,  who  was  met  on  the. beach  by  the  i|^d  mAtk  of  t^^eic^t* , 
and  welcomed  to  America  as  a  part  of  the  great  family  of  tnta,  ar^ow  or*  li^^ 
ganized,  anxious,  earnest,  unwearied  in  their*dnbrts  to  Ury  a  tax  from  even' 
Uie  most  impoverished  of  the  kindred  of  their  sires,  for  the  privilege  of  Iand«.       1 
ing  on  our  shores— to  denoimce  the  hardjr  seitlers  from  Europe,  as  if  they ,  :  ' 
were  an  inferior,  degraded  race — to  obtaia  legislative  provisions  for  treatin|r  '■'-  " 
them  as  their  serfs  and  bondmen,  to  be  taxed  at  their  will,  governed  at  their    ' 
diacretitm,  never  admitted  as  brethren  io  the  exercise  of  common  rights,  but 


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j^        '  INTBODtJCTIOM.         /  T 

always  subject  to  an  order  to  go  into  immcdinie  banishment,  tinder,  a  gaf em.  . 

"^^'i-^S'iho'^S"- s^Eii^of  such  -r.v;-r.:S 

«r  u  in  c«  Xt  ,!,i.  volunio  is  ,.ul.lished-it  is  to  renujid  them  thai  h..  tu  th 
FJ  a  A  ht-  iu..r .  tlla,  ,h..sc  who  arc  burn  under  a  had  '^uvvmmvm  km-  a 
-W  r  ,.  k.iv  t  a  u  ick  a  good  one,  and  that  as  they  hear  the  unairc  ol  God. 
ht  wi  -S  e'en  6  a  tempt  ••  to  tun!  them  away  Tnmi  a  r..rt.i.a  ol  «l'at  ^"^ 
Vu2  was  «  vea  hy  its  M Jkcr  to  all  mankind.. with  no  natural  mark,  to  des- 

upright  course  of  conduct.  *'7»"*«'/!;,f_'^""  institutions  arc  the  best  means 

xra^{:jS^^ 

S^troo^the  liiTi^^  oath  (tor  administering  which 

William  Orr  died  oirthe  ^,«^»^fi»lJ)' ^^^Tr^^^        ^f  the  oppressed.   '  The  pil- 

This  country  has  been  f";.^.'^?^";*^  '  ^^ 
grim  fiithcrs  were  self-banished  <'««J^'^  1^"'^^  Cdom  here  tw6  hundred 
foved  land  of  thdr  sir«s-they  soughlt  "^ '"^J^^J^^jif^J'^iK  otitlawed 

which  our  Union  would  not  be  worth  preseryii^.        ...^Jggiiimself  to  the 
The  hVwc  author  of  these^  *^'fTl'^^^r  g,u*\^^i  piJepIs 
acquaintdSei  of  the  cotirteous  '^'«'l"i.,  "/j  tf  ^^^^^^^ 
were  bom. in.the,  Scohish  5"R»»'''"*^' J«p,;Hen  side  bv  side  with  the  gal- 
tongue.    Botli  his  R>^an«lf{;'^«j/"»S^aVCd^  Son  which  had.degmd- 

:  lant  Mercer,  agamst  the  house  of  BW^^r;^  ""'JJionof  an  EnsliSh  proviScC;. 
Gd  their  "apient  nation,  I'Y '^'^"""S 'X^*'^.^""^^^^^^^^^  In  Canada,  he  en- 
and  its  cfergy  to  a  dependance  on  ."'l^,SP™  ^f  ^^'^^"n'd  advocate  of  liberty," 
deavorcdfor  many  years  to  prove  •"'"^f '^ 'J.J"^"'' Mo  doing,  and  aiding 
in  fulfilment  of  his  pledge  to  the  go«Jl  f-^^fwell-knoXwishes  of  the  con. 
in  efforts  in  1837-'38  to  carry  into  f  «'^^^„^/,.''^'\;X«^ie^^  he  was  out- 
gresses  of  1775  and  1812.  relative  »°  P?"*'';?^;  XXJ*^^^^ 
fawed  by  monarchy,  rvhtch  pr»«nft^  X'lois  aKvere  i^risonment.  In 
in  its  turn,  further  impoverished  him  H  *  •^"SJ'J^^Engbnd  acceptable, 
the  time  of  trouble  anS  difficulty  I"f  J  *Pf  f/  SJd  to  the  public,  as  a  to- 

ment  to  j«e Jn^itutions.  ^^  ,^^^  ]  ^  /^  , 


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)ns  and  such 
jiu  tlu'  I'urth 
iHMit  liavt'  a 
uajjc  ol'  God, 
of  that  earth 
imrkd  to  dcs- 

nnd  in  1707,. 
subject  these 

piTsoi'mion, 
ho  shall  stop  - 
r  the  colonial 
)f  the  siatners 
t,  and  ainone 
ined,  this  vol- 
u  the  earnest 
I  the  hour  of 
li  that  no  peo- 
c  more  abuse 
hnn  the  coun* 
n,  and  Moore, 
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,  the  line  ima« 
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y  increase  the 
e,  i8»li!?htened, 
sfactibn  of  the 
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»88  may  be  dif- 

of  the  United 
istering  which 

sed.  Thepil- 
heir  youth,  the 
re  tw6  \»undred 
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md  the  climate 
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linioa^  without 

g^imself  to  the 
K^flis  parepts 
asSheir  native 
le  with  the  gal- 
ich  had^degrad- 
ncli*h  province;. 
Canada,  he  en- 
cate  of  liberty," 
Ding,  and  aiding 
shes  of  the  con- 
ic, he  was  out- 
bile  democracy, 
^risonment.    In 
;  and  acceptable, 
!  public,  as  a  to- 
herished  atuch- 


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THE 


LIVES  OF  REMARKABLE  IRISHMEN,  &c. 


1»  ROBERT   t^ULTON. 

WHAT^lrsUIreland  to  do  with  him?  Is  the  magician  of  the  ninetcdiWi 
century— he  who  annihilated,  and  taught  his  pupils  ol  every  chine  to  annihi- 
late, as  it  were,  both  time  and  space-he  whose  genms  first  conjured  un  that 
vast  Leviathan  of  the  deep,  which  the  dwellers  on  the  banks  of  the  Indus, 
the  Ganges,  and  the  Amazon,  behold  with  terror  and  amazemcnt-a  power 
which  bus  already  revolutionized  the  science  of  war,  dimmished  the  distance 
between  Europe  and  America  one  half,  for  all  purposes  of  tniyel,  and  be- 
stowed a^peed  and  certainty  on  sailing  which  dely  the  controlling  iiiUuin. 
ccs  even  of  winds  and  waves-is  he,  the  master  spirit  of  the  age,  also  ol 
Irish  pairenwge  ?    It  is  even  so.  .    '     vi    u    u       c  .k„ -k;, 

Mark  yonder  gallant  ship,  just  issuing  from  the- noble  harbor  of  the  chij 
city  of  America,  prepared  l)y  the  aid  of  steam  to  breast  the  liillows,  and.ac- 
complish  in  two  weeks,  or  less,  a  voyage  across  the  wide  Atlantic,  heretofore 
often  the  work  of  months !  Who  rlanned,..built,  and  navigated  the  lirst  of 
her  kind  ?  Robert  Fulton,  the  son  of  anj^feh  father  and  an  Irish  mother. 
He  it  jvas  among  the  sons  of  men  who  (ilRfetablif'hed  and  perfected  steara- 
navicliion  on  the  seas,  lakes,  and  rivers  or|piis  great  globe,  who  conlerred 
on  AiSlrica  benefits  of  incalculable  value.         '"      '  «  i       •     • 

Mr.  Fulton  was  born  at  Little  Britain,  Lancaster  Qounty,  Pcnnsylvama,  m 
1765.  His  father  and'inoiher,  like  the  father  and  mother  of  Andrew  Jack- 
son, were  humble  emigrants  from  old  Ireland,  with  little  education  and 
less  wealth— persons  of  that  class  whom  short-sighted  pohticians,  of  an 
aee  gone  by,  would  have  mulcted  in  ten  dollars  each,  by  way  of  discour- 
a*inff  the  humble  and  industrious  from  seeking  that  home  and  freedom  here 
which  an  older  world  denies.  '  \;oung  Robert  received  a  common  education 
at  an  English  school— discovered  a  taste  for  drawing  and  mechanics— went  to 
Philadelphia  and  painted  portraits  and  landscapes,  as  a  means  of  living- 
sailed  for  London  in  1786-re8ided  for  several  years  there,  ih  the  house  of 
B^njtirain  West,  the  great  American  painter— took  out,  inl?9*»  several  pat- 
ents, and  published  a  work  on  canal  navigation— removed  in  17%  to  laris, 
and  there  resided  for  seven  years  in  the  house  of  Joel  Badow,  the  Americao  , 
;  .Minif^ter,  studied  the  principal  European  languages,  and  3he  higlier  branches 
of  science;  projected  the  first  Panorama  exhibited  atTatis— and,  bting  en- 
couraged by  Chancellor  Livingston,  who  had  arrived  in  France  as  the  repre- 
sentative  of  the  United  Stales,  began  to  mak6  experiments  with  small- 
steamboats  on  the  river  Seine.  A  larger  one  was  built,  which  broke  asunder" 
—a  second,  completed  in  1803,  wa?  successful,  and  proved  the  truth  ot  His 

I.  t  ' 

The'English  government  invited  Mr.  Fulton  to  London  in  1804,  but  his  ex- 

•  Pertons  not  Iwm  in  Ireland,  but  of  Iriuli  pmrentaye,  «•  dtatinguiihed  bjr  on«  rtw  Mon  their 
nsBMi-if  of  nwT*  raoiota  Iiieh  descent,  by  two  Man. 


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*  ■OBERT  rOlTON— 8J»  KfcnAr.D  8TEEW. 

pcrimcnts  with  refiToiKjc  to  inarhinerj-  of  f.nn,..  mn  then  roduircd   worr  no, 

tilt  wuUirs  uf  the-  Hudson  river,  n  steamboat  of  considtrahle  sizi— thin  miuil, 
cr,  nn«rnno  hcr-.and  finally  n  fricate.  which  hore  his  name'.    His  IHm.      1, 

SZU^^T^'^  "•r"'^  '"■"'J'e^inP.  ^vlKii  the  patent  whidM?Lvn« 
ston  and  iHrnsoifhad  taken  out  was  contested,  and  in  a  creat  de-^ne  r.^,  .  r.^-i 

Wait,  hy  their  quibbles  and  villanous  forms  and  procedure,  invented  to?„f 
Er  ITS''  ••"*  •"''^™'''^  ""'y  ''^'«»"«^  <8f  •»'«  ';»'=*»««  -^f  "nc  Tarl  of  the  ,Z" 
ll;X  .  BliiKhr'  l""!""*"'  '«J"eland  f«d  An.erica-,fnd  it  is  aii  »: 
cauffiit  a  sliffht  cold.  Xhc  lawyers  •etlinff  h  ni,  and  the  cold  InstPJin,!  i 
dea  h,  which  took  place  at  New  V«rk,  on  the  if4  h  of  FebrSn  v  iSe SS  i^' 
CO  ding  ,o  the  N.  V.  Evening  Post],  isiS,  in  ,he  44th  yer7h  aire  ''£ 
national  demonstrations  of  unaffected  sorrow  for  the  loss  of  the  Washing.  , 
n  Mechanics-he  who  had  drawn  the  most  distant  parts  of  the  Union  nearer 
to  t^chother-who  had  appPu-d  a  power  by  mean8\)f  which  the  MiS- 
pi  and  Missouri,  the  St.  Lawrence  and  the  Amazon,  the  Rhine  and  tJ^lud^ 
Bon,  could  be  navigated  with  ease  and  certainty-wwe  uSverea"  throii  nut 

iter    .r..  ««t'P"  ••"'•^'•'•^t*'^''^"*'''  •"•'  hi"  monument  will  3e  for  • 
-    fkf  ;r^  steamships  crossing  tTie  Atlantic  or  Pacific,  or  stemming  the  Ohi^^ 

chfte^T.^h '  '^-  ??•""''  ''^*^  ^'i'^'^W''  "'  «»»«  Shannon,  w  llTfof  ever  a  "S 

.-the^rSf^aThilrillTcSi!;^  "^^""^  -''««-  -  ^-  -  -"t?  ' 

S^tuh.  n  """"  amiable,  s«^i«I,  and  very'liferal.    pSemK  on. Tn 
I„5^V       ''^  'o  ^'^nn":^  Mr.  Fulton  with  the  military  defence  of  the  coun trl 
^l.i??'.^'-  ^"""^^  i*"'?'*)  offered  him  the  coLm^nd  of  the  rSiem' 

i^tt^i'^^nfV  ^vT^'^ i  ^^^'"'' ^' »»« dSed  bo  h  si  uS" 
ISV5  "L  »-.  of.Mr.  Fulton's  deatlr.  8ay»  the  Evening  Post,  of  Februarir      ^ 
'    IS^'  r     ''?"  e°«f"ffed,  m  conjunction  with  the  committee  on  coast  and  hS' 
bor  defence,  m  constructing  a  vessel-of-war.  to  be  propelled  by  steaitaTJ^L 
grand  engme  was  within  a  few  weeks  of  completion.  wheJ  the  news  of 
?X1  ?«''=*'«^  »he  country,  and  its  ingenious  and^^inoomparablc  inventoT  wSs 

Th.f«livT*''"''^''^-r«c.^^'^"^'^''^^'^'  D-ColrfenSisWhioSeJ^n 
Thursday.  January  7, 1808.  Dr.  Beach  married  Mr.  Fulton  to^iL  IfanS 
Livingston,  daughter  of  Walter  Livingston  of  the  Upper  Maottt: 


SIR  RICHARD  STEELE.        '  ' 

S«  RicHAKD  Steele,  son  to  a  counsellor  at  law,  the  nrivate  merntnr^  tn  »h/. 
Duke  of  Ormond,  was  bom  in  Dublm.  Ireland,  1676,  aJTdiedTLoSo?  1st 
Sept..   another  account  says  in  Wales,)  1729,  aged  53  years     He  was  tW  fe 

ngand  responsible  man  for  the  Spectator,  the  Tatlek  thTGiJARmAN  «ml 

Tatlfr'^^'lS"*"'  ^^^'^  ''""'  ^^  ""^'^  '"'  commenct?in  im  He  be^i  dS 
Sh.ri»i?r*"'°["Se-€nlisted  as  a  private  soldier  when  a  youth.  Sd  got 

&  andl.i'^  Mr.^n'*'*'*!^  ?'  '°  do»8r-fo"ght  a  duel  whe/a  militanr  d: 
"cKfanH^rn"  t^r^"*  *'"T^^  *^*  ^^^^  '^/»'»' »>«  «word-W«,t7/the 
w^S  S!  ~'"°'*  **''*"^  |)lay8-wa8  a  player  at  Drury  Lane,  and 
wen  paid^bewme  a  warm  partisan  writer  whUe  a  member  of  the  British 

LtThrSkf- ,tt  '^r^  &  ^''  ««We«f.P«Pe"  in  « the  ESgLhSS 
Spr  «n  -iTin /^*'**y/?:'"*f,*^*'°  *"  ^'^^  seditious  libels,  and  Sir  Richard, 
aL  HoJ«  if  P^^^"''*  of  himself  in  a  three  hours'  speech,  was  expelled  from 
tJie  House  of  Commons,  by  a  vote  of  245  against  152.  He  Was  a  ffreat  «nH 
most  sincere  reformer  of  'the  vii^es  and  foIlS  of  the  iefMrhL  tI^  fldtJ 


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Hjuircd,  worr  not 
-nrrived  at  K.w 
ndant  of  a  <'oun- 
niid  imvi;,'m«'(l  oii 
lizu— tliiu  aiiDih- 

>  Hi'r  t'nnu-  was 
hich  Mr.  Living- 

di'prte  rendirid 
ey  did  the  grtai 

invcnU'd  to  im- 

pari  of  tliL'  jTcjj. 
»nd  it  i.s  sail)  hi- 
•Id,  hastened  lii.- 
iry  (i}ic  23d,  ac- 
if  his  age.  TJir 
the  Washinfftdij 
'ic  Uuion  nearer 
li  thp  Mi!>«issip> 
ic  and  tliu  Hud- 
rsal  throughout 

will  endure  for  • 
iming  the  Ohio, 
)e  for  ever  asso-  , 
them  in  motic^n 

men  who  were 
emory  with  en- 
;nt  Jefferson,  in 
of  the  coiujtry, 
•f  the  regiment 
both  situations; 
t,  of  February, 
coast  and  har- 
f  stearti.  T*is 
»  the  news  of 
c  inventor  was 
ogfapher.    On 

>  Miss  Harriet 
». 


Bcretary  to  the 
in  London,  1st 
tie  was  the  fa- 
and  the  work> 
ftTABDiAN,  and 
He  began  the 
iroath,  and  got 
1  a  military  of- 
>rd— w«ote^the 
ary  Lane,  and  . 
of  the  British  "^ 
)  Englishman^ 
d  Sir  Richard, 
expelled  from 
its  a  great  and 
\as  very  faults 


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taught  him  how  to  probe  the  faults  of  others,  and  adapt  instruction  to  their  ne- 
cewities.  His  works  have  been  often  published  and  are  much  read  in  America. 
Addison  was  lii<t  warm  friciul,  nml  aidtd  him  essentially  hv  writing  invaluable 
««savs  111  iliv  NpfCtator-SwiJt,  raniell,  Berkelcv,"  YouniJ,  i'opc,  and  Gay,  were 
also  his  roadjuiors,  or  assisted  kiia  more  or  le.si. 

The  Spe.iator  js  said  to  be  "  by  Addison,"  but  two  fifths  of  tbppapers  in 
the  first  scv.u  volumes  Wore  by  Steile.  He  paid  Herkeley  a  guinea  and  a 
dinner  -lor  ea(:h  paper  he  wrote  lor  the  Tatkr— the  safe  was  immense.  His 
(Sleele'h)  wife  brought  him  a  handsome  fortiAie,  public  favor  shone  upon 
him,  his  purctsu  in  life  was  brilliant,  but  it  was  not  in  bis  nature  to  get  rich. 
Like  Goldsiliiih  he  had  a  kind,  faithful,  and  atreciibnate  disposition;  warm, 
gencrou^f  feelings.  How  tender  his  remembrance  of  the  happy  or  affecting 
scenes  of  his  rhildhood !  How  lively  bis  sense  of  the  beauty  of  a  sound,  hon- 
est heart !  •  *  ,  * 
_  Amon<f  Sir  Richard's  works  are,  Love-a-la-Mode,  The  Tender  Husband, 
The  Lying  Lovers,  and  The  Conscious  Lovers,  plays— An  Accouiit  of  the  Ro^ 
man  Catholic  Religion  throughout  the  World ^(17 15)— A  Letter  to  the  King 
Irom  the  Earl  oT  Mar— The  Spinster— A  Letu-r  to  Lord  Oxford  on  the  Peerage 
Bill— Tlie  t?rbisof  Property— The  Nation  a  Family,  or  the  South  Sea  Scheme 
— The  Theatre,  a-perludical,  &c. 


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MAJOR  GENERAL  MONTGOMERY. 

RtcHARP  MonWsieivy  was  bom  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  in  the  year  1737 
—commanded  a  British  regiment  under  Genetal  Wolfe  at  Quebec  in  1759,  and 
eametl  a  hiirlr  re|^utation  for  courage,  skill,  and  military  talent— married  a 
daughter  of  Judge  Livingston"  of  New  York  state— condemned  British  oppres- 
sion as  exercised  t|Dward>lhe  colonists-Yadopted  their  cause  as  his  own,  and 
V  America  as  his  country— ftod,  in  1775,  Became  commandcr-iu-chief  of  the  con- 
tinental forces  in 'Canada. 

Irishmen!  Although  there  are  great  faults  in  the  administration  of  govern- 
irient  in  thn  United  States,  forget  hot,  I  pray  you,  that  the  democratic  system 
under  which  we  live,  is  most  favorable  to  liberty;  and  that  the,f^ead  of 
knowledge,  the  encouragement  of  temperance,  the  cultivation  of  those  benev- 
olent feelings  for  which  you  are  proverbially  distinguiffied,  with  an  unceasing 
▼»g»lanflMkt4ie  exercise  of  your  elective  rights,  will  do  mueh  to  increase  the 
*appin«|lf  America,  much  toward  the  independence  of  Ireland.  For  you, 
for  IreeiraiH,  and  for  America,  RICHARD  MONTGOMERY,  your  illustrious 
countryman,  was  bravely  contending  68  yeafs  ago,  amid  the  frosts  and  storms 
ol  Canada,  when  he  was,  on  the  night  of  the  31st  of  December,  1775,  slain  be«^ 
fore  the  walls  of  Quebec,  by  a  discharge  of  grape-shot,  which  killed  his  aids 
*r  same  time,  and,  by  preventing  the  capture,  essentially  changed  the  destiny 
of  Canada.  The  bodies  of  the  general  and  his  aids,  Macpherson  and  Cheese- 
man,  were  found  oa  the  morning  of  Jan.  1, 1776.  On  the  16th  of  June,  ^818, 
the  general's  remains  were  removed  from  Quebec  to  St  Paul's  churchyard, 
New  York,  and  interred  near  a  monument  erected  by  Congress  to  his  mem-  ' 
ory.  His  age-stricken  widow  lived  to  see  the  remains  of  her  hero  thus  hon- 
ored, 43  years  nearly  after  his  friend,  the  governor  of  Canad?,  had  buried  his 
body  within  the  walls  of  Quebec.  His  career  was  truly  brilliant.  He  reduced 
Fort  Chamblv,  Canada,  captured  St.  John's  and  Montreal,  and  would  have 
stormed  Quebec,  had  not  the  only  gun  fired  from  the  enemy's  battery  checked 
his  eareer,  at  38  years  of  age. 

To  that  numerous  class  who  would  proscribe  the  Irish  fanner  or  mechanic, 
°'u*  L  r  ri™  °°'y^  °^  *  principle  at  war  with  the  Christian  rule  of  equal  rights 
which  holds  out  a  warm  hope  to  the  oppressed  of  every  land,  kindred,  and 
tongue,  in  the  great  Declaration  of  American  Independenee,  I  would  say— 
"  When  all  might  have  been  lost  by  treachery,  who  was  it  that  sold  his  coun- 
try—who was  the  traitor  ?  Benedict  Arnold,  a  native  American.  Where  then 
were  the  Irish  ?    Where  the  Pennsylvania  Line  V  Where  the  sons  and  grand- 


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*  •'  ROBEBT  EMMET. 

?rvi'„°"w  ^™*"' '  'i^T^^  the  birigrapby  of  Generals  Sullivan.  OlintonVSlark. 
Irvme,  Waf  ne.  and  ^Montrfomory.  of  Colonels.  Fitzgerald,  Moyljm'  ProSor 
Stewart,  and  Camnbel|,o  Commodore  Baxry.  of  Majors  Croi^hni.,  MacdonS 
'  ?  vn.^''"'"'i  t"'  .         °/  '*»9™<«n'  R«'»d.  Imiih.  Car.'oll.^utledffe.  IVIcKeSn 
^Lynch.-and  Taylor,  whose  sifftfatures.  with  that  of  Charles  Thomson, To  the 

fmr.  ?i.U  ?,  '''^^K-''"''"*,T'  °f"''  ^'^  ^""'y'  1"6,  attest  our  nat?o™  WtS 
1^110  tTiis  1  reathini  world,  a  plonow  republic,  the  asylunx  of  the  oppressed  m 
earth,  and  as  sucll  a  type  of  heaven.  -  'Turn  also  to  the  nameToT?!^  Pre^ 
identClmton.  Andrew  Jacksotf.  President  McKinJy.  Dr,  R™msay.  G^ern^r^' 
'    ,';"/' •''f',^f'^"»A«»dBn'?^  Smilie,.nnd   of  a  hundred*  other  dS 

flushed  cliarftcters  on  this  side  of  the  water-nmlrk   the  elforia  of  FX..n,l 

S      nJ/li'i'"''';'"  ^^''  ?r/*';  ''f  (••'«»» -legislajures-an^  hasten  to'dTs- 
solvi     our  a*s.)cwtK.nR,  and  blush  that  any  oCthe  childreispf  the  revolution 

Sr?  Ir  •' 'T' P'"^'"''u"'l'''''^"  '»  the  memory  6f  the  frSnds^LJ  bcTeE 
„  tors  of  their  country  m  theTiour  of  itg.  utmost  need.   -  Fowr  Pariiamem  had 

in  1770  to  he  people  of  Ireland.    ••  You  had  ever^  been  friendly  to  the  riehts 
of  mankind-and  we  acknowledge  with  pleasure  ahd  Avith  gratitude,  that S 


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ROBEPtT  EMMET.' 


.■■V  .X. 


■  and  LnifJn''  "'"  ^^P.*'"'"''"'  ISPV"""  y°"»''  of  talent,  Character,  education, 
and  bononUileconnexions,  wjrs  trad  in  DflWin,  before  Lord  Norburv*.  and  Barons 
S-ThTo^d*'  J'fV  ^W  ''"'^^  "^'  »"f""«n«tV-Hsing  in  DubR  ule  S 
Wtere  «f  inl  ^"'^r'  i'''  r^""-  ^^PP'^a'^^'d  that  Mr!  Emmet  and  his  friefds 
M^tere  as  jealous  of  FreacljinierO-nnce  as  they  were  of  English  domination 
Ernmet  was  dorcnckd  I,y  Rurfowe.,  and  MacIilIy-^Leonard  MacNa Uy,  th^ 
iS^dTTnJrrV'''  '»! '^T^'^^nti  Jot/n  Fleming,  an  ostle/frorJ 
L  kc'fwin  W  l' ■ ''^'T'.^'''"^'  ^^"I"'^''  ^''"  ^'^^  '''«  «°«»  Pf  the  scheme, 
t^^at  .1  J^rn  \v  ^"l''r'.!l"''  °.' ''''  ^  W5l't/«^/.«ir/y  mention,  he  found  too  iSt? 
ha^  ilv  onU  r  ,  "^  Imie  reliance  to  be  pfaced  on  an  undisciplined  multitude. 
foS  I  '^'^''^'^ '"  a  band/nnd  accuston.eTI  to  be  ruled  by  tenor,  cruelty,  and 
sTrr^n.  ^''Tm  ••  i^"T^  '^''?  """r"^  "■  '"«"»'»  «^'er  ihe  revolt,  by  feS 
ull^ff  •"'^"'"'T'^  "'*"=''  T"!'  &""""try,  humanity,  and  love  ofiountS. 
He  Av^s  found  gudty  put  to.death'oa  the  20th  of  September,  1803.  bcheadS 
andk«  body  mut.latcd.  Dowdal,  Quigley.  Allen,  and  Stafford,  seem  tJ 
•Bg^e  been  his  pnncipal  aids.  . 

■Inhis  "Recollections  of  Curran,"  Counsellor  Phillips  truly  remarks,  ^'that 
so  unprepared  was  the  ffovernment  for  a  revolt,  that  there  was  not  a  single 
bal  with  which  to  supply  the  artillery-and  that  had  the  followers  of  Emmet 
int«  ^P"?^°"  ^<^°^-«  °f.'^''i?™°"  conduct,  the  castle  of  Dublin  must  have  fallen 
J^&^  P05?cssion."  Mr.  Emmet  was  then  but  23  years  old,  had  graduated 
at  Dublin  Vniversity,  and  "  was  gilTed  with  abilities  and  virtues  which  reS 
aered  him  an  object  of  universal  esteem.  Every  one  loved— every  one  re- 
mn^S  Y.^'  Sf  P^.ts  of  antiquity  were  his  companions-its  patriots  his 
models-.its  republics  hiS  admiration."  His  trial  mky  be  said -to  have  beei^ 
secret— the  public  were  excluded— the  military  filled  every  comer,  every  av- 
hoSse''      '^  ^''^  ""^  ""'^  ^^^^^  ^^  colored  clothes  aUowed  to  enter  theVourl- 

^t'nhf  'n«P>'«<^'a»thor  of  Lalla  Rookh,  the  friend  and  cotemporary  of  Emmet 
at  college,  thus  beautifully  alludes  to  him^n  his  Irish  Melodies  :— 

O  breathe  not  his  name !  let  it  sleep  in  the  shaje  '       .  • 

Where,  cold  and  jinhonorejt  his  relics  are  laid ! 


Sad,  sUent,  and  dfu-k,  be  IKe  teare  that  we  shed, 

Am  the  night^ew  that  falls  on  the  grata  o'er  bm  heid.^ 


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Iran,  OlintonVStark, 
>  Moyljiri,  Proctor, 
:hnii,  Macdonougb, 
tutled>?p,  McfCean, 
.■3  Thomson,  to  the 
ir  nation's  entrance 
>r  th«  oppressed  on 
tmes  of  Vio«  Pres- 
tamsay,  Governors' 
idrcd  otiicr  distin- 
?(rt)ri8  of.  Edmund 
lier  lioeral  «nd  en- 
Ji4  hapten  .to'dis- 
><rf)fthe  rcvoltition 
icnds-and  bcncftfc- 
<ur  Pariiament  had 
unanimous  address 
endly  to  the  riglits 
frptitudc,  that  your 
ihcmselves  in  the 


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iracter,  education,  ~ 
orbury,  and  Barons  ■ 
iblinr  on  the  night 
et  and  his  friends 
iglish  doipination. 
rd  MacNally,  the     - 
\g,  an  ostlef  from 
3ul  pf  the  scheme.^ 
he  found  too  lat?^ 
iplined  multitude, 
error,  cruelty,  and 
revolt,  by  Major 
love  of -country. 
,  r803,.bcheajJed,' 
Stafford,  seem  to 


y  remarks,  ^' that 
was- not  a  single 
(lowers  of  Emmet 
must  have  fallen- 
Id,  had  graduated ' 
irtues  whiph  rej^ 
id — every  one  re- 
I— its  patriots  his 
aid -to  have  beenf 
comer,  cv^ry  av- 
o  enter. the-courl- 

iporary  of  Emmet 
les : — 


slid. 


nmOE- PERRIN— RIV.  ADAM  CLAizE,  LI.  ».  ". 

■Jut  tjienii'lit^cw  that  cHl.',  though  in  silence  it  wpew.. 
himll  briehtfti*  with  verdure  the.  Rrave  wWVe  hcjileewj 
And  tlie  tear  that  we  Hhod,  though  in  secret  it  roUi.  ; 
i)haJJ  long  keep  his  memory  green  in  our  soula. 


JUDGE  PERRIWv 


Louis  PKHRrx,  one  of  tlio  Justiir(;f«  df  the  Kinjj's  Bc'r 

nod  Irifi.d  oniolilTt  liimnvt ;  anil  when  thelnticr* 

.-ulFoou,  Lord   Norbury,  Pertain,- tlil-n  a  youibfttl  1 


€' 


!  Bench,  Ireland,  was  fr-true  and.' 
•  was  8cnie(iecd  by  the  titled 

«.a..„,.be  spcatonTand  aii;iVi;n;;;dV;.ib™Stir;S;;^nmK  - 

P.Trm"  IS  almost  hn  Irish  proyert^  alid  fi.r  4(.  years  Ims-he-thouglja  «wve?  - 

-<leservcd  the  name  l|e  bears-    He  was  tite  son  of  poor  parebts   receTved   . 
-      3ns  education  at  Armagh    entered  Dublin  college  as  a  fensioCr  in  1790  «hd 

was  always  lound  under  Mr,  E.nmet's  cylors,  standing  up  f<,r  freedom  Mel  ' 

ug.ence,-andfhe  liberties  of  old  Ireland.     We.  of  Canada    likPtho?;;!h- 
iTliS  and  t8<)3  found  ,0  our  cost,  Umt  'Mlie  mJ^3  ^S^^ 
,  the  sword ^f  the  oppre5;sor  i»-the  attempt  to  destrJfK,  aird^otio  JucS^        " 

SS^bv  rll"'""'  l?!''f, !?  "^  ^".'^  r^'fi  »»«•  l'««.^^rpenid  thit  swoJJ^aiii    -    ~ 
lei   by  It.    Perrin  did  all  Ke  could  for  his  country  in  a  pe-jiceful  wav-ffi  sia.^ 
nature  was ^, ached  to  every  petition  to  strike  tile  feit^rs  fronfZ  ulceratej     " 
hmbs  of  the  Caihohcs--he  was  Mr.  O'Cpw^^feJPs  firni/riend,  and  Ws  W&--** 
counse  in  all-matters  df  personal  diffictffty  ;  and^he  |4rato   haJaiall  uS^ 
■wowed  us  beliel  that  a  more  jus^^^ 

r    I       ^^^^^^f'sl^  parliament  Jid^  has  r«pre8?utedl)ublia',  Monaghan   and        ' 
'>a8hel,.«mns  now  over  sixty  i^ars  of  age.       \        >  •  ^/"""feuan,  .ana 

»  ;  /  REV.  ADi^M  CL'ARKE,  LL.  b.      ' 

» J^tL"rlT7SS"'m"  nr^vfl'*' r 'i''''''  !!"^  P'"[*'*?'*  °"™*'»»  «'=holar,  wasibom 
>.^ther  HI  17()0,  .61,  or  M  (he  (lid  not  know^yhich,)  at  Moybeg,  in  thect)untT 
ol  Londonderry,  Ireland      8orHe  authorities  fix  the  date  of  hi^  birth  at  1761 
^nd  HO  6ne  t-an  v/ouder  that  the -learned  dispute  whether  Ossian  and  Fin^        . 

-  -'^r'  "ri"f  ' '"  ^"r.'*'  •""'''  '^'•^'"  '*"«  '*''^™«'»  'J"'=t«''  who  lived  over  mo- 
^/iars  afPFr  them,  could  not  ascertain  how  old  he  was.    His  mothw  Jas  from 
beolland.    Under  ,W-csley,  Dr.  Clarke  became  a  successfiM  SeT  of  tW    ' 
Methodist  connexion,  and  was  a  veVyvofuminouswritW.    Among  bis  works' 
ai^e  the  Bibliographical  Dictionary*  and  a  Commentary  on  the  BibL     Hp 
tnamed  Miss  Cooke,  of  powbridge,Wnd,l^ 

•       &r2li'Tsrt'^l:?"^iTr'^  repubKJl;^ism;  and  died  7c&S, 
.  ^  1  .1       '     •    •     ^Vl^^  selected  by  the  government  of  England  to  sudcn 

.riSrun&E'"'        '^^^^^^^ 

"  \;t^A  !!fi?  ''n'''^  children,  of  whoin  three  fons  and  three  daughters  survived  • 
Jphlu  •  TH^r  °  u^'^  last  acts  of  his  life  w^s  the  establiskent  i W 
schools  n  Ulster..  He  wasbuned  in  the  Wesleyan  Chapel,  City  Road,  Lon^ 
don  m  the  vault  next  to^t  in  which  the  iisftes  of  the  late  JohTwedev 
niodlder  m  repose.  He  presided  on  three  several  occasions  in  the  EngU^ 
Methodist-Conference,  and  thrice  in  the  Irish  C6nfe>€nce.         ^         ^^gusa 

'     ^nnyj52i- "''-.''"  °?^?^"'»  has  produced  more  usefully^learaed  men  than  Ireland. 

considering  Its  numbers?    Have  somg  Americans  forgotten  what' this  U^ra    •         • 
owes  to  Allison  and  other  Irish  te^ers  of  an  age  gone  by;  from  whoiri  to      ' 
many  of  the  best  and  bravest  of<^r  revolutiona^  fat^rs  fJanXhSr^^ 
timents?    Have  they  heard  of  Robert  Fulton,  Maria  Edceworth   JonathM. 

'    tX^l'A.^^i'lH'':^  Kirwan.  Adam  Clirke, R  ,R  IhTridt',  sSr  Rkh"' 
ard  Ste?lei  At chbishop  Usber,  James  Doyle,  Bishop  Berkeley,  EdmiiDd  JB<irk«»  >. 


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9  •  vs.  OOTLE— COMMODORE  JOHN  BABRT. 

Daniel  O'Oonnell,  Sir  Philip  ani  Dr.  Francis,  Qavid  Ri^say,  Elizabeth  an«3 
Anthony  Hamilton,  Sheridan  Knowlcs,  Lady  IVlprgan,  of  Drennan,  Roscom- 
mon, Denhanj,  Brownson,  'Q^ullivan,  CongreVe,  Farquhar,  Hutchinson,  the 
O'Connors,  Lever,  Lover,  l^rdncr,  Maxwell,  Parnell,  Fliillips,  Sloaue. 
Sterne,  Williamson,  Wood,  Shiel,  and  a  thousand  ojher  names  l^nown  to 
fame?  Where  is  the  American  not  recreant  to  the  principles  of/^HQ  who 
would  not  feel  proud  to  call  the  distinguished  persons  I  have  n^med,'  his 
countrymen  and  countrywomen  ?  / 


:) 


DR.    DOYLE,   BISHOP   OF   KILDAR/ 


*  The  Right  Reverend  Jahies  Doyle,  Bishop  of  Kildare  and  Leighlin,  an  em- 
ment,  eloquent,  truly  sincere  minister  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church — one  of 
Ireland's  noblest,  purest  patriots,  and  firmest  and  most  disinterested  friends — 
was  a  native  of  that  country— descended  from  an  ancient  and  honorable  fam- 
ily— and  died  at  Carlow,  June  15th,  1834.    He  was  educated  at  the  University 

.  of  Coipibra  in  Portugal,  and  the  youngest  man  who  had  ever  obtained  the  rank 
of  bishop  in  his  church  in  Ireland.  His  able  and  manly  defence  of  Catholicism; 
in  answer  to  Magee  and  others,  and  his  anxiety  to  better  the  condition,  and 
increase  the  happincits  of  his  countrymen,  endeared  him  tc^  the  Irish,  while  his" 
great  learning,  and  the  noble  purposes  to  which  it  was  applied,  entitle  him  to 
be  regarded  as  one  among  the  ablest  friends  of  his-  country.  He  was  a  strong 
advocate  for  a  system  of  Taws,  which  should  compel  thefrich  to  maintain  the . 
destitute  poor,  instead  of  carrying  millions  of<«dollars  trflother  lands  to  be  ex- 
pended in  useless  luxury.  Mr.  O'Connell,  at  one  time  adopted  hia  views  of  a 
poor  law,  but  on  mature  reflection  dissented  from  them,  ^d  in  reply  to  a  most 
severe  and  sarcastic  letter  from  Dr.  Doyle,  denounced  consistency  as^".  rascally 
doctrine!*'  Dr.  Doyle  never  had  the  command  of  money,  and  dierfhot  worth 
a  farthing,  devoting  the  greater  part  of  his  income  to  tlue  poor,  and  his  house 
and  books  to  his  successor.  How  different  this  course  was  fron),^t  of  those 
protestant  Irish  bishops  who  hoard  up  millions  of  dollars,  plunoel^  from  the 
poor,  and  devise  their  ill-gotten  wealth,  to  unpriacipled/profligat^  or  pamper- 
ed absentees !  1 


f- 


C' 


COMMODORE   JOHN-BAHRY. 

CoMHonoRE  Barbt  was  bom  in  Wexford,  Ireland,  (jwhere-  his  &ther  was  a 
farmer,)  and  commanded  the  first  war  vessel  commissioned  by  the  United  States 
Congress.  He  was  a  bold  and  brave  man,  and  a  successful  officer,  and  i»termed 
the  father  of  our  navy.  Lord  Howe  oflered  him  twenty  thousand  guineas, 
and  the  command  of  the  best  frigate  in  the  British  navy,  if  he  would  leave 
•the  Yankees,-but  an  honest  Irishman  cannot  be  bought. 

In  Februaiy,  1781,  he  sailed  in  the  frigate  Alliance  from  Boston,  carrying  Col. 
Latuens  on  his  embassy  td  France.  On  his  return  he  fought  the  war  vessel 
Atalanta  and  her  consort,  the  brig  Trespass^  and  made  them  both  strike  their 
colors.  He  was  dangerously  wounded,  but  soon  8aile4^^in  for  France,  with 
La&yette  and  Count  Noailles,  and  fought  an  enemy's  vessel  on  his  return. 
Under  the  elder  Adams'  administration  he  superintended  the  building  of  the 
United  States  frigate.  1 

While  cruising  in  the  West  Indies,  he  was  hailed  oy  &  British  frigate  i^th 
**  What  ship  is  that  ?"    The  revolutionary  veteran  grasping  his  trumpet,'re- 
plied,  **  The  frigate  United  States,  commanded- by  one  saucy^Fadrflairyvtodf- 
an  Irishman,  half  a  Yankee.    Who  are  you  ?"  \ 

Commodore  Barry  died  and  was  buried  in  Philadelphia.  The  inscription 
fa  his  tomb,  which  is  in  St.  Mary's  (catholic)  burial  ground,tt  as  follows ;     , 

« I,et  the  patriot,  the  sgldier,  and  the  Christian,  who  yisii  these  mansions  of 


,  Elizabeth  aTi«3 
innan,  Roscom- 
iutchinspn,  the 
liillips,  ySloaue. 
imes  l^nown  ta 
les  of/  '70  who 
ve  n^amed,'  bis 


:fi. 


leighlin,  an  em- 
];hurch — one  of 
rested  friends — 
honorable  fam- 
t  the  University 
>tained  the  rank 
of  Catholicism; 
'  condition,  and 
Irish,  while  his" 
1,  entitle  him  to 
[e  was  a  strong 
to  maintain  the . 

lands  to  be  ex- 
1  hia  views  of  a 

reply  to  a  most 
Y  asj^".  rascally 

dieohot  worth 
',  and  his  house 
[^,^t  of  those 
laeKa  from  the 
ate9>or  pampei- 


is  father  was  a 
e  United  States 
T,  and  is^termed 
usand  puineae, 
le  would  leave 

n,  carrying  Col. 
the  war  vessel 
loth  strike  their 
bt  France,  with 
1  on  his  retuin. 
building  of  the 

ish  frigate  \^th 
bis  trumpet,^re- 


«ck  flnryvtadf- 

rhe  inscriptiOD 
as  follows ;     , 
ise  mansions  of ' 


«n)GE  C5AM^T0»— RET.  TKEOfiAtfi  MATHEW.  •      7 

the  dead,  view  this  monument  •with  rpsnoi .  t.„»^  .«.  1        .    ,    . 

mains  of  Johhfiar^V    He  was  born  nth,-r«'.mv*r\'ir'''r  '^fPOS'ted  the  re- 

Ainirica  was  the  Ihi^cto^^XatZi^^^ 

and  honor.     In  the  revolm Lnr/wir  S.       .  \'VN  ^^^^^^  «*^ '"«  usefulness 

the  United  States,  ho  ^£,^1^  'Si  iff  ^ 

and  afterward  became  its  Comma  EL  Ch?ef   ''w^f  "'.?''V"'^"'  l^^^^  '' 

bled  in  the  cause  of  Freedom  but    U  Lhi,   5^ r        *^,^/°"?'}t  o^en  and  once 

peaceful  virtues  which  IZT'S^ASu^^^^^  '"*'•'"  "»« 

itable.and  not  less  belovc/bvTrfam  k- .ml  1^  f '^''"^\^'"*'.' J^ 

country.     In  a  full  belief  of  the  di^tSSf   he^o^'^^^^^^    '^T  ^  ^'^  5"'^«''"' 

sofd  hJio  the  armsof  his  Redeemer  on  the  l^i'^'i''^•^'''•^^^ 

^9th  year  of  his  age.     His  affecSt?^^?       lu  '^'^I"'™''".  1803.  in  the 

erecJd.,, to  perpetrate  Es  mme  S^^e  hTar^'of^^ n/*"''  '?^?'^"^  1°  *^ 


.  ,     .cuurus  01  nis  pubhc  and  private  virtues  »  "* 


'  en^igran  blood  anV  .hrvairorgeLS^il'^^^^^^^^^ 

g6orrcaso;7oli7l4"KtS^^^^^ 

Irish  Catholics  werrver^  cruel  t^^^^^^^^  »'>«  «?ain9t 

Ireland  was  allowed  tolstrult  or  edtate^nv  othe^^^^^^  £'*'l°"''  i" 

olic  to  a  Prolestant-W Id TinrriS  ^'^  ?« '>«'^««^  ft>>- marrying  a  Cath- 

.to  preach  lo  CatholicrweJe^Te  hate  -by  tII^SJo?^^^^^^^  '"''^  ''^'*"'» 
-marrying  a  Catholic  was  to  be  degraded  <vL  hL  n,  r  -^^  ^^'  "">"  a«o™ey 
«te.  no  papist  teas  allowed  /o  r  j^;£/^rM  o^S^^^^  ''^^ 

barristers  and  attorneys  werp  oWi.roHf«L„;-.k-  -^  'Vj^Oi  George  2d, 
clients  if  CatholirTnrby  9,h  Geo  °e  27ni^^^^^ 

bound  to  make  good  to  VT,^eZnt^aU\f.,Z'lT^VtT^}!'^  "?  ^'^^"""^  ^e^e 
Catholic  king  ravaging  Se  I  ish  coasts"       '"'''"'*^  ^^'^''  privateers  of  any 


JUDGE    CRAMPTON. 

in  fe^.^'^'as  hor^ri^o^f,^t£^%S^^^^^^  of  Queer's  Bench 
called  to  the  bar  in  1810.  He  hfs  a  ml  d  f2,l2.«  °  ^""^^^  "?  "^'^'  ^"^^  '^a' 
fluency  of  speech,  and  was  alwavs  fSit  .1 «  '' V'^P^'^'^f '"?  appearance, 
ic  emanation/ wCLo?SySthL?vpri^ 
abuses  cajled  whigs,  came  iii^£ri^EJlZMrT^^^:r''''^''i^ 
Solicitor  General,  got  a  seat  in  thp  Pnml-^^cf  .    '  ^    .Vrampton,  was  made 

the  Irish  Reform  bfll,  (It  a  ^y^TiberZSrclli;!  Wnt  lT",^5'  ?«'  "P 
er  who  had  made  him  a  placeina^  acSt  O'SL^ii  f''?"''^**  *«  P^'^' 
nor  on  the  one  side,  and  Peel  anrWeEell  o?  tbp  mhlr'^n?'^'^"'  ?>°- 
uation  was  micomfortable,  but  the  Ss  rewaldS  KJ™  w  °^  *'°"''^r  'U"  "*- 
a  day  or  two  before  they  lost  their  mwer  In  p„iJ  it  ^^  V^^*^°°  the  Bench 
quired  ereat  distinction  In  the  i'Lw.^  but  h?«  ornli— •^"''^^•^™°^P*''"  »«• 
is  the  6ct  that  he  was  the  oriSto?  of  thfL»?.T'"^ '"""'"  "^  »Pi»'o". 
Ireland-in  that  gloriousXld?rpreceded IthWo^  movement  in 

sowed  the  good  Ld  for  that  nLrSopic  J^^er  ^^^'^''^'"'^"y  y*"*^^^^ 

•nd  Judges  Burton,  Smmi^oJrrdTpeJrT'    ^^"  ^'^''^  ^"''*'"  Pennefather, 


REV.   THEOBALD  MATHEW. 
'THia-jvonderful  man  is  a  native  of  Corlr  hi.  ni.<..  ^e      -j 


.    ,    ..  .  _8ine«re 

uuly  disinterested  minister 

'#■■,      •  ■   •■■   ■ 


d 


BICHABD  BRmsLET  SKERQlliN. 


\i 


,oi"  the  Roman  Catholic  faith— as  regards  slavery,  an  abolilionist— and  the 

'•  •  yTcat  and  very  successful  apostle  of  sobriety  and ,  temperance  in  4he  Emerald 

Isle.    He  heartily  approves  of  O'Connell's  movements,  which  he  powerfully 

supports  by  his  exerticms  to  banish  intemperance— is  an  energetic  promoter 

of  the  elforts  recently  made  to  educate  the  whole  people— an  active  repealer — 

and  opposed  to  Lord  Brougham's  scheme  for  pensioning  the  Irish  Catholic 

Clergy. 

r  take  the  following  particulars  relative  to  Father  Mathew  from  Kohl's 

'        Tour  in  Ireland  in  Ifc^i!. 

Mr.  Emi  saw  Faihor  Xi.  at  the  Tt  mpefance  Hall,  Kilrush.— five  millions  of 

the  Irish  hail  lakt-ti  liie  tempera i    o  pledge  at  his  hands  since  he  instituted 

the  Irish  Temperance  Association,  .pril  10, 1838,  which  was  nearly  3,000  a  day 

ou  ilie  average  of  the  whole  live    ears.    He  is  a  handsome  man,  of  imposmg 

appearance,  well  huilt  and  propur  imed.and  about  the  sanie  height  and  figure 

- '  as  ISapuloon.    His  cotuitenance  is  fresh  and  beaming  with  health,  his  move- 

vff    ments  and  address  are  simple  and  unafiected,  his  features  regular  and  full  of 

iniiducss  Avith  firmness,  his  forehead  is  straight,  high,  and  commanding,  his 

nose  aquiline ;  and  although  fifty-four  years  old,  he  is  in  full  possession  of 

mental  and  bodily  vigor.     Father  Mathew  has  a  fine  and  delicate  hand, 

dresses  elegantly,  and  is  eloquent,  with  a  clear  voice,  a, globing  zeal,  and  a 

,    firm  conviction  of  the  Sacredness  of  his  cause. 

The  progress  of  Irishmen  and  their  descendants,  in  every  land,  under  every 
form  of  government,  and  in  every  species  of  human  pursuit,  is  indeed  onward 
and  speedy.  We  hear  a  great  deal  about  the  Saxon  race  in  the  United  States 
Senate.  Where  or  in  what  are  they  ahead  of  their  .Celtic  brethren  ?  Observe 
the  march  toward  p(^wer,  trust,  and  confidence,  of  such  Iri^shmen  as  O'Connelj, 
Mathew,"  "  -    -     -•    ■       '-'       -     TTM       j-_  ^       !■— J 

Dalton, 

ton,  Wellesley, 

Avonmore,  within  ihe  last  century. 

While  less  mamy,  less  courageous  nations,  have  patiently  home  the  yoke 
of  the  spoiler,  Ireland  has  never  ceased  to  press  forward  toward  independence. 
The  struggles  at  Aughrim  and  the  Boyne»  the  terrible  days  of  1798,  the  elforts 
for  a  repeal  of  the  Union  with  England,  are  evidences  that  Ireland  prizes 
rational  liberty,  and  that  she  deserves  to  be  free.  Where  in  America^do  we 
find  more  effecliyc  fiiends  of  free  institutions  than  among  our  Irish  fellow- 
citizens  ?  We  m:  .-  strive  to  repudiate  the  debt  America  owes  to  Ireland— we 
may  foll(Av  the  t  cample  of  other  repudiators,  get  up  native  societies,  and 
abuse  a  gencrou?  rcditor— but  mighty  as  are  oar  people,  strong  and  ^ov^erful 
if  united,  it  is  vc  unlikely  that  in  the  present  age  they  will  be  able  to  pay 
the  debt  our  cou  iry  owes  to  Irish  Literaturp,  Science,  Valor,  and  improve- 
ment in  the  useful  arts. 


V  ' 


■J....-  ../■■ 


RICHARD  BRINSLEY  SHERIDAN. 

m 

This  brilliant  genius;  aiid  enlightened  statesman,  perhaps  the  most  splendid, 
and  clTective  oaitor  whose  wit  and  elu()uence  ever  adorned  the  British  Senatel 
Chamber,  died  in  London,  July  7tii,  ISKi.    Hc  Was  born  in  Dublin  in  Sept., 
1151,  but  on  what  day  liis  biographer,  Moore,  is  unable  to  tell.    His  father 
and  grandfather  were  men  of  learning  and  genius— his  mother,  Frances 
Sheridan,  a  fascinating  nuvciisi.    Mr.  S.  himself  was  a  brilliant  orator,  of 
splendid  imaginative  powcr.^s  were  his  countrymen  Curran,  (^rattan,  Burke, 
and  Plunkett — to  the  Union  he  was  much  op|)osed,  as  also  to  negro  slavery — 
lus-patriotism..was-lus  ruin thad  he.  Eiaccrdy  joined  the  tories,  like  LQrd_ 
Chancellor  Plunkett,  a  pension  and  a  peerage  would  have  been  his.    As  a 
statesman,  legislator,  and  author,  his  name  will  go  down  to  posterity  with 
honor.    His  speeches,  and  his  "  School  for  Scandal,"  "  Duenna,"  "  Critic," 
**Bivals,"  &c.,  are  dese^^'edly  very  popular.    In  bis  latter  yeius  he  suffered 


'k: 


^Ji'- 


■  •«'  ..to 


abolitionist— and  the 
-ance  in  the  Emerald 
which  he  powerfully 
a  energetic  promoter 
-an  active  repealer — 
g  the  Irish  Catholic 

\Iathew  from  Kohl's 

rush. — fire  millions  of 
Is  since  he  instituted 
iras  nearly  3,000  a  day 
me  man,' of  imposmg 
inie  height  and  figure 
ith  health,  his  moVe- 
es  regular  and  full  of 
[ind  commanding,  his ' 
in  full  possession  of 
e  and  delicate  hand, 
globing  zeal,  and  a. 

ery  land,  under  every 
iuit,  is  indeed  onward 
i  in  the  United  States 
c  brethren  1  Observe 
:ishmen  as  O'Connell, 
Kilwarden,  Crawford, 
jurne,  ShielyWelling- 
Laliy,  Lawless,  and 

iently  home  the  yoke 
toward  independence, 
lys  of  1798,  the  efforts 
:s  that  Ireland  prizes 
ere  in  America^  do  we 
ong  our  Irish  fellow- 
i  owes  to  Ireland — we 
native  societies,  and 
',  strong  and  {>o\^erful 
•y  will  be  able  to  pay 
,  Valor,  and  improve- 


IDAN. 

i 
aps  the  most  splendid, 
ned  the  British  Senatel 
n  in  Dublin  in  Sept., 
Ic  tQ  tell.    Ilis  father 
■his  mother,  Frances 
a  brilliant  orator'  of 
irran,  (jrattan,  Burke, 
Iso  to  negro  slavery — 
the .  tojics,  like  Lord 


*  JOmt  AMD  REintT  SHEAEES.  9 

great  poverty,  and  died  withnhe  bailiff  close  by  ready  to  drag  him  to  a  dun- 
S^.°»-  .y'^^  Wolsey,  he  was  deserted  by  George  the  4th,  the  prince  he  had  so 
taithlufly  served  ;  and  the  nobility,  of  whose  hollow  cireles  he  had  for  many 
years  been  the  ornament,,  shunned  his  dying  couch.  'The  ignorant  mob  and 
▼Hi?"  great  are  alike  forgetful  of  friends  and  beneiactors— Bums  learned 
that  before  Sheridan ;  and  Moore's  lines  on  the  latter's  dving  moments  should 
be  imprinted  on  the  sodl  of  evety  true  friend  of  tjie  principle  of  democracy : 

(♦      Qh  it  sickcn.s  the  heart  to  see  bosoms  so  hollow, 
\  And  friendships  sorfalse  in  the  ?reat  and  hi!;h-born— 

To  think  wliat  a  long  line  of  Titles  may  follow 
The  relics  of  him  who  died  friendless  and  lorn  ! 

How  proud  they  can  press  to  the  funeral  array  ,, 

Of  him  whom  they  shunned  In  his  sickness  and  sorrow- 
How  bailiffs  may  seize  the  last  blanket  to-day. 
Whose  pall  shall  be  held  up  by  Nobles  to-morrow. 


JOHN  AND  HENRY  SHEARES. 

These  affectionate  brothers,  illustrious  martyrs  for  the  cause  of  their  coun- 
try  ^nd  humanity,  were,  on  the  14th  a[  July,  1798,  publicly  executed  in  Dub- 
lin.  Iheir  lather,  Mr.  H.  Sheares,  was  an  eminent  banker  in  Cork,  a  kinsman 
oi  the  Earl  of  Shannon,  who  had  13  Irish  boroughs  for  sale  when  the  Union 
took  place,  which  he  sold  to  the  British  governtnent  at  $60,000  eachn.  Henry 
&.  was  bom  in  1753,  John  in  1766— they  were  educated  at  Dublin  University 
and  Henry's  estate  was  worth  $5,000  a  year.  They  were  amiable,  intelli- 
gent men,  of  unsullied  fame,  and  members  of  the  executive  of  the  United 
Inshnien,  when  arrested.  Their  betrayer  was  a  sworn  brother.  Captain  John 
\yarnlord  Armstrong,  of  the  militia  of  King's  County,  who  obtaiiicd  their 
plans  under  the  guise  of  a  true  patriot,  and  perfidiously  told  all  to  the  infa- 
mous Castlereagh  and  the  malignant  Clare,  repeating  their  every  conversa- 
tion. This  mean,  mercenary  villain,  is  yet  alive,  a  royal  magistrate ;  and  of 
such  stuff,  m  Ireland  and  Canada,  are  magistrates  and  judges  too  often  made. 

\fr*"i.-     ^"*^  ''  ^^"^  ™'*'^®  ^^'y  evident,  that,  in  so  far  as  the  government 
at  Washmgton  would  cherish  such  wretches,  the  race  would  be  found  far 
V4rio  ^^i'^'^k'^V"  Canada  was  grasped  in  1837-'38,  as  Ireland  had  been  m 
1798-  99.    On  the  20th  of  May,  Sunday,  Armstrong  visited  the  Sheareses  for 
the  last  time,  shared  theur  hospitality,  sat  beside  their  aged  mother  »nd  affec- 
tionate sister,  and  near  to  the  wife  of  one  of  them,  caressing  her  children 
while  one  of  the  ladies  played  the  Irish  harp.    Thence  he  hastened  to  CasI 
teieragh,  to  urge  the  arrest  of  his  victims  and  earn,  the  price  of  their  blood 
as  an  informer.-    The  cloven  foot  of  treachery  crossed  their  threshold  no 
more.     Ihe  ways  of  God  are  unsearchable.    This  foulest  of  all  spies  lives  in 
wealth ;  Lord  Eldon,  who  was  the  lickspittle  of  royalty,  and  labored  unwea- 
riedly  to  accomplish  the  legal  murder  of  Hardy,  Thclwall,  and  others,  died  in 
ftis  bed,  of  old  age.    Talk  of  the  torture,  the  rack,  human  punishments? 
Wliy  18  It  that  a  creature  like  Armstrong,  so  infinitely  baser  than  our  worst ' 
laeas  of  a  demon,  was  ever  created  ?    Judas  Iscariot  was  but  a  third-rate 
villam  when  compared  with  Armstrong,  who  actually  visited  his  victims  in 
prison,  to  condole  with  them,  and  pump  them;  nor  did  they  once  suspect 
nim.   He  professed  to  disbelieve  in^  hereafter.    Upon  his  evidence  ALONE 
v'^'^J^*"  PowerfuUy  by  other  testimony,  a  packed  orange  jury  found  the 
DrotliMt)guilty— they  clasped  each  other  in  their  arms— were  nnlprpd  for  pt. 


J 


-tlreir  fainilies  shed  bitter  tears— Henry's  ten  children  had  seen  their 
poor  rather  leave  his  dwelling  never  to  return  .'—poor  innocents !— but  Judas 
Armstrong  clutched  the  gold-Captain  Clibbom,  his  accomplice,  had  a  bribe  of 
ASOO  from  the  secret  service  money-andthe  sun  on  July  the  14th,  saw  these 
fteUish  monsters  rejoicing  over  the  ruin  they  had  caused,  whUe  for  the  noble 


have  been  his.    As  a 

)wn  to  posterity  with 

"Duenna,"  "Critic," 

tter  yeius  he  suffered 


'ii- 


10 

brothers  Sh^ea 
hangman  c}io| 
days,  and  fur 
cruelties 


01  GSRE^iL  JiiUES  CUKTOK— EDMUND  BtTBKE. 


^8  it  would  rise  no  more.  They  were  hanged,  and  theu  lh«v' 
ned  their  he  ids  off,  Armstrong  looking  on.  It  was  in  the^^ 
d  for  jlm'ahy  to  tbej  heartless  Saxon  aristocracy  who  inflected  tbes« 
i^iuciiicB,  thajti^Jamles  Buchanan's  services  to  the  Castlereagh  gang„>were 
thought  wortpy  of  note— they  were  remembered,  by  a  Consulate.  Where  is 
Clibbora  ?    Is  he  in  America '{ 

The  brothers  Shear«s  were  bom  in  Cork,  and  wefe  members,  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church.    During  the  trial  tlie  elder  brother  begged  hard  tHathis 
brotlicr  migh^  be  spared,  but  Toler  (Norbary)  tu-gied  their  execution  the  day  al'ier 
trial,  and  lit  was  so  ordered.    Well  might  Tone  exclaim,  "Unhappy'is  the, 
Man  and  the  Nation  whose  destiny  depends  on  the  will  of  another:*'       ' 


'.« r  ■ 


-  *  MAJOR  GENERAL  JAMES   CLINTON, 

I  I*  ■       .  ■•  •  ■      ^ 

This  gerftleman.  the  son  of  Col.  Charles,  and  tjie  brother^  of  Governur 
George  Clinton,  was  born  on  the  9th  of  August,  1736,  and  dLed'on  the  22d  of 
December,  1S12,  aged  73  years.  Both  his  pJM??^^  were^om  Longford,  in. 
Ireland— Ji^s  wife's  name  was  Mary  DeWitt,  and  his  thira  son,  DeWitt  Clin- 
ton, becatnd-a  candidate  for  tlie  office  of  President,  immediately  before  his 
father's  death.        ,  / 

James  Clinton  accompanied  the  brave  Montgom^  to  the  siege  of  Quebec, 
in  1775 — fought  with  courage,  skill,  and  perseveramce,  on  tbeside  of  "  a  couK* 
try  all  our  ^wn,"  during  the  war  of  the  revolutkm— joined  Sulliran  in  his  dan- 
gerous campaign  of  1779  against  the  British/and  northwestern  Indians— at- 
tained the  rank  of  Major  Geni-ral  in  the  armies  of  the  Union^ — and  was  blessed 
with  long  life  to  see  his  country  become' af^eat  and  powerful  nation." 

His  eldest  daughter,  Mr6.  3Iary  Spcn^r,  was  married  to  Ambrose  Spencer, 
Chief  Justice  of  tfie  State  of  New  Yjwk. 


»    ) 


^EDMUND  BURKE. 

Edmttnd  Burke,  one  of  the  most  eminent,  deep-thinking  men  any  age  or 
country  ever  produ^d,  was  bom  at  Carlow,  Cork  County,  Ireland,  January  1, 
1730,  and  died  Ivm  8th,  1797.  He  was  educated  at  Dublin  University— ap- 
plied for  the  log^  professorship ^t  Glasgow,  .but  ^ras  refused  ?  was  enthusi- 
asticallv  attacMd  to  the  cause  of  177G ;  and,  but  for  the  entreaties  of  his  aged 
sire,  who  wasra  catholic  solicitor  in  Dublin,  would  have  become  an  American 
citizen.  Hia/essay^n  the  Sublime  and  Beautiful,  and  other  works,  are  well 
known,  anMiis  career  in  the  British  Parliament,  where  he  represented  Bris- 
tol, was  brilliant  as  his  genius.  He  married  a  daughter  of  the  learned  Dr. 
Nugent^  Catholic  Irishman,  whose  dictionary  is  in  very  general  use,  and 
who  fi^te  an  able  essay  in  favor  of  Catholic  Emancipation,  but  was  no  dem- 
ocrat./in  early  life  he  nobly  advocated  the  cause  Of  .;^mcrican  republican- 
ism^ut  took  office  afterwards  imder  the  coalition  ministrj',  and  got  a  large 
on,  and  joined  the  tories  in  their  abuse  of  France, -Price,  Priestley,  and 
itHf^ral,  institutions,  about  the  same  time.  Nevertheless,  he  was  a  great  and 
d  man,  with  a  far-seeing  judgment. 


I 


Mr.  Burice  wa$  for  a  time  a  member  of  the  British  govemhient,  and  in  par- 
liament fre4uently  reminded  its  members  of  the  loyalty  of  the  Irish  Catholics 
during  the  American  war,  and  the  beneficial  influence  exercised  over  them  by 
their  prelates.    In  a  tetter  to  Sir  H.  Langrishe,  he  truly  remarked  that  tlie 


■•t';.-^; 


.:f>. 


iged,  aud  thcu  th<^v' 
.    It  was  in  thvise 
rho  infl^cicd  tlres« 
reagh  gaBc„>were 
isolate.    Where  is 

r&of  the  Protestant 
fgcd  hard  tHat-his 
cution  thcdayarier 
"Unhappy  iis  tho^ 
another:*'       ' 


fTON 


Jther^  of  Governur 
[liea  "on  the  22d  of 
roni  Longford,  in. 
son,  DeWitt  Clin- 
;diately  before  his 

e  siege  of  Quebec, 
6' side  of  "a  couu* 
lilliran  in  his  dan> 
item  Indians— at- 
1— and  was  blessed 
ful  nation." 
Ambrose  Spencer, 


i 


J  men  any  age  or 
reland,  January  1, 
n  University — ap- 
led ;  was  enthusi- 
reaties  of  his  aged 
ome  an  American 
;r  works,  are  well 

represented  Bri> 
}f  the  learned  Dr. 

general  use,  and 
,  but  was  no  dem- 
■rican  republican- 
[,  and  got  a  large 
ce,  Priestley,  and 
e  was  a  great  and 


inent,  and  in  par- 
he  Irish  Catholics 
ised  over  them  by 
etnarked  that  tlte 


CBAIILM  O'COSOB,  THE  HMSH  AlfTIQTJABir— BB.  CHARLES  o'coROB.         11 

intention  of  the  laws-agaln^t  their  religion  "Was  to  reduce  the  Catholics  of 
.  Ireland  Jo  a,  misetable  Jiopnlace,  without  property,  without  estimation,  with-       -^ 
out  edudaition.    They  divided  the  bation  into  t^o  distinct  bodies.  wiZut** 
common  interest,  sympathy,  or  connexion !    The  old  code  was  a  machine  of 

rov^ri^hi^lff'  *'''*  '1  '^""/'i"'']"!:  »'»«  oppression,  degradation,  and  im- 
povenshmcnt  of  a  people,  and  the  debasement  in  them  of  human  nature  it- 
^  self,  as  ever  proceeded  from  the  perverted  ingenuity  of  man."  ■ 

In  1790,  Mr.  Burke,  in  his  Reflections  on  the.French  ReVoiution,  foretold 
that  It  would  end,  as  itlUd,  m  a  military  despotism,  and  retired  to  private  life       ■ 
m  1794,  on  a  pension  of  $o,500.    His  works  are  published  in  16  vols.,  8Vo. 

CHARLES  O'CONOR,  THE  IRISH  ANTICwArY. 

Charles  O'CoNOR  wasborn  atBalanagare  in  the  County  ofVoscommon, 
in  1.10,  and  died  in  July  1791,  aged  eighty-one  years.    He  waltSL-ended        - 
irom  lorlogh,  the  last  able  sovereign  of  Ireland ;  from  Catlial  Crov^eai'rh 
whose  valor  and  abilities,  admitted  even  in  English  history,  and  illustrated^in 
song,  went  far  to  compensate  for  the  defects  of  Us  brother  Roderic ;  and  from       • 
Fehni,  who,  with  2000  6f  his  name,  fell  at  Athuhree,  A6gust  6th,  1316  •  S 
which  1  -fated  struggle,  the  fest  hope  of  the  ancient  Irish  perished.     (See  • 
Campbells  beautiful  poem.l    In  his  youth,  the  penal  laws  against  Catholics    • 
existed  m  their  full  rigor ;  but  he,  nevertheless,  received  a  liberal  education, 
under^he  tuition  of  Bishop  O'Rourke,  his^ncle.  in  the  concealment  of  a  eel- 
lar.    He  became  a  widower  at  the  age  of  twenty-eight,  and  devoted  the  re- 
maining fifty  years  of  his  lifWo  the  regeneration  of  his  country.    He  explored 
Irish  history,  and  made  a  vahiablecolleicticn  of  ancient  books.    His  abilities 
as  a  writer,  his  pure  morals,  and-great  amiability  of  temper,  secured  to  him 
the  esteem^  arid  friendship  of  Dpctors  Johnson  and  Leiand,  Lord  Lyttleton. 
Colonel  Vallancey,  and  most  of  the  learned  men  of  thkt  bright  era  in  English 
lUerature.    He  accomplished  all  that  the  learning  and  virtue  of  one  man      -" 
could  effect  for  the  fame  and  literature  of  his  country ;  and,  late  in  life,  in 
conjunction  with  Dr   Curry  and  Mr.  Wise,  founded  the  first  association  ever 
formed  m  Ireland,  for  the  purpose  of  procuring  a  redress  of  the  grievances 
under  which  the  Catholics  had  suffered  for  centuries.    He  is  admitted,  on  all 
Hands,  to  have  been  a  faithful  historan,  and  too  sturdy  a  moralist  to  prefer 
even  Ireland  to  truth.    His  works  are  therefore  a  standard  reference.    His 
"Dissertation  on  Irish  History,"  and  " Introduction  to  Curry's  Review"  have 
gone^  through  many  editions.    His  memoirs  were;  published  in  Dublin,  by 
lUeehan,  but  I  have  been  unable  to  procure  the  vdlume.  .^  was  of  the  an- 
-cient  laith,  and  has  transmitted  his  opinions,  religious  anf^political,  to  his 
numerous  descendants.  Among  these  are  Matthew  O'Conor,  of  Dublin,  an  able 
writer  on  Irish  affairs,  ThomaS  O'Conor,  of  New  York,  and  the  O'Conor  Don. 

DR.  CHARLES  O'CONOR. 

^This  distinguished  Irish  historian  of  the  present  century^  was  a  grandson 
of  the  celebrated  antiquary  of  his-namc,  and  brother  of  the  la  to  O'Conor  Don, 
M.  r.  lor  the  County  of  Roscommon.  He  was  a  Catholic  priest,  and  was  for 
many  yerfrs  chaplain  to  Lady  Buckingham,  and  librarian  of  the  Duke's  mag- 
nihcent  and  costly  collection  at  Stowe.  His  literary  labors  are  numerous  and 
extensive,  and  evince  vast  labor  and  research.  Among  them  are  "  The  Let- 
ters of  Columbanus,^'  2  fols.  ;8vo.,  «A  Narrative  of  the  most  interesting 
events  in  Modern  Irish  Historj^,"  8vo.,  and  "  Bibliotheca  Ms.  Stowensis."  I 
vols.,  4to.  The  last  and  most  important  is  his  "  Rerum  Hibemicarum  Scrip- 
tores  Veteres.  four  ponderous  quarto  volumes  in  Latin,  which  throw  great 
light  upon  the  ancient  history  of  Ireland. 


»-? 


-Hii-Lotteya  of  Coluinbanua  drew  duwu  upon  htm  heavy  ccnsu»»ftter 
riowden.  who  devoted  a  whole  voljime  to  vehement  satire  and  invective 
^gainst  "the  most  learned  doctor."  as  he  styles  him.    Dr.  O'Conor  died  on 
ae29thof  July,  1828,  at  his  brother's  seat  at  Balanagare. f      :m^. 


tz 


<  ■■ 


'mux  snriFT— OLIVER  GOtDSlUTS... 


DEAN  SWIFT.  / 

Dr.  Jo^JATOAN  Swift,  Dean  of  St.  Patrick's  Riblin,  was  bom  on  St.  An- 
drew's day,  30th  of  Nov.,  1GG7,  at  Cashcl  in  tlie  county  of  Tipperary,  Ireland 
-—he  was  descended  of  a  very  respectable  family,  but  his  fatlier  died  before 
his  birth,  his  mother  was  in  indigent  circumstances,  and  he  soon  tasted  of  ad- 
versity. Dr.  Swift  was  a  man  of  great  learning,  and  infinite  wit  and  humor. 
His  numerous  writings  are  much  read  and  admired.  Two  years  before  his 
death  he  lost  his  reason,  and  died  in  furious  lunacy,  Oct.  19th,  1745;  aged  78. 
Dr.  Swift  was  a  true  friend  of  his  op^csscd  country,  but  lacked  candor  as  a 
politlGian,  and  kindness  of  heart  asa^man,  as  bis  memoirs  too  truly  show. 
His  works  Were  edited  by  Sir  Waller  Sct^l,  willi  an  accounl  of  his  life,  and 
published  in  12  octavo  volumes,  about  1815,  oc '20.  His.Dtapiei^  Letters — 
Gulliver's  Travels— and  Correspoiidence,  have  been  extensively  rcftd.  Origi- 
nally a  whig,  in  King  William's  time,  he  became  a  tory  under  Anne ;  was  at 
onetime  very  unpopular  with  his  countrymen,  but  lived  to  be  their  idol,  and 
had  ever  been  their  friend. 

In  Dr.  King's  Anecdotes,  I  find  it  stated  that  excessive  indulgence  in  drink- 
ing Avine  was  the  true  cause  of  th^  lunacy  which  obscured  the  latter  days  of 
this  eminent  Irishman.  Pope,  to^astened  his '  death  by  feeding  on  high 
seasoned  dishes,  and  drinkmg  spirits 


OLIVER  G6I.DSMITH. 


en 


OtivfE  GoLBSMiTH,  a  Celebrated  poet 
of  Irelajid^ne  of  the  best  and  kindest  ol 
— was  the  son  of  a  country  clergyman — ! 
ford,  Ireland — cdiicated  at  tl^Universitie ; 
with  a  view  to  his  adoptiJ^Hhe  medica 
continent  of  Europe,  often  penniless,  an  I,  i 
under  the  roof  of  a  peasant.    His  first  boo! ;  ap; 
lite  Literature.    His  Traveller— Deserted 


Vill 
izen  of  the  World — Histories  of  GreeceJRom« 
lure — She  Stoops  to  Conquer— and  the  JGood 
many  enduring  monuments  of  his  fan^e.    He 
World,"  ever  ready  to  cry, 


miscellaneous  writer — the  Buma 

and  most  delightful  of  authors 

at  Pallas,  (or  Elphin^  inLohs^- 

Dublin,  Leydcn,  and  Edinburgh, 

ifession.    He  wandered  over  the 

ebted  to  bis  flute  for  a  lodgini>: 

ared  in  1759 — an  Essay  on  Po- 

ge — ^Vicar  of  Wakefield— Cit- 


England,  and  Animated  Na- 
Matured  Man,  arc  among  the 
\was  a  trae  "  Citizen  of  the 


Hail  to  that  land,  wliatevefr  land  it  be, 
Which  struggling  hard,  i/panting  to  belfrve ! 


natural,  melodious,  af- 
ery  bosom,  and  will  ren- 


He  die4  in  Lrondon,  April  4th,  1771— but  his  poet 
fecting,  and  beautifully  descriptive,  finds  an  echo  in  e 
der  his  name  immortal.  /  [ 

Dr.  Goldsmith's  works,  (like  Miss  Edgeworth'si,)  areUmpng  theinestimable 
benefits  conferred  by  the  Irish  on  America.    Their  aulhor  died  before  he  had 
attamed  the  age  of  43,  haying  been  born  Nov.  29th,  1 
eimiary  embarrassment  shortened  his  days.    It  harassed 
for  £5  to  Edinburgh,  lest  his  creditor,  a  linen  draper,  si 
death-bed  to  a  jail.    Imprisonment,  poverty,  and  want, 
tury,  too  often  suffered  by  the  brightest  jewels  of  Englisl 
to  republican  America  for  that  great  and  humane  effort^  L 
imprisonment  for  debt,  and  secured  the  household  fumitui 
poor  from  the  grasp  of  those  harpies  who  dispense  law, 


1.  It  is  said  that  pe- 
iums,  too,  who  wrote 
uld  carry  him  off  his 
ere,  in  the  last  cen- 
iterature.  Thanks 
she  has  abolished 
and  utensils  of  the 
t  forget  justice  in 


tli 


I  ... 


t  rpsidonnf*  in  LoP'^QWi  nftnr  ^ia  i 


yfoi  at  a  chemist's  on  Fish-street  Hill-r-he  set  up  as  a  p%sician— cotild  not 


\      live  by  it — accepted  the  ushership  of  a  Classical  School  at 


anight  .have  the  means  of  subsistence — retuined  penoiles  \  to  London  after  a 


\ 


%■  .'■' 


Peckham,  that  he 


was  bom  on  St.  An- 
of  Tipperary,  Ireland 
his  I'atlier  died  before 
i  he  soon  tasted  of  ad- 
afinite  wit  and  humor. 
Two  years  before  his 
t.  19th,  1745,  aged  78. 
but  lacked  candor  as  a 
moirs  too  truly  show, 
ccounl  of  his  life,  and 
Iis.D4:api£c^  Letters — 
;ensively  refed.  Qrigi- 
r  under  Anne ;  was  at 
;d  to  be  their  idol,  and 

e  indulgence  ia  drink- 
ired  the  latter  days  of 
I  by  feeding  on  high 


OU3  writer — the  Buraa 
it  delightful  of  authors 
,  (or  Elphin^  inLohg^- 
;ydcn,  and  Edinburgh, 
He  wandered  over  the 
his  flute  for  a  lodgint-: 
1759 — an  Essay  on  Pe- 
ar of  Wakefield— Cit- 
nd,  and  Animated  Na- 
Man,  are  among  the 
true  "Citizen  of  the 


aatuntl,  melodious,  af- 
y  bosom,  and  will  ren- 

imong  the'i'nestimable 

bior  died  before  he  had 

1.    It  is  said  that  pe- 

!ums,  too,  who  wrote 

lUld  carry  him  off  his 

ere,  in  the  last  cen> 

literature.    Thanks 

she  has  abolished 

and  utensils  of  the 

t  forget  justice  in 


/... 


^  CHIEP~JUST1CE  THORNTOX.  18 

S^  "iSJ^J'ftSi  S£^^  ^''^  "'"V'''^  I^;view-rented  a  uiiser. 
Stairs,  wlKTeSop  Pel  v&  '"O^'?'^''  ^^^  bv  Break-x\eck 

there  as  a  booksbK's  hack  hP^lT.         ^"^  ched  room  with  one  chair- 

ces  and  revien^  S  nii'.r.icles  anria^^^^^^^  "S't?  ^"'^  ''^'^''^'  ™«  P'**"*' 
he  wote  his  "Essav  on  pSt  J^^^^  ^.      ,  ^  'abors  were  meredible.    Here 
ful  things/which  (aJfidl  iu   fv  r^^™^^^^^^         many  utjier  elegant  and  grace- 
-  in. the  .ra'teful  h' S  oH  isSitr "ear^^^^^^  t'«  '°«™»n^  A  «-« 

with  l^r.  Johnson,  and  Sir  Joslurftpvnr.U«n,?ir  I  %^  ^became,  acq^ainted 
were  his  faithful  fricJ,  J' TlXar  .raf  Iu^ST'^^^^  ^^^'^^ 

-and  took  some  comfort  3i.t  Sfr=  i  '''^V  i  u?^^^  'odgings-igave  suppers 
hini-thefearofaiSwlsiorh^rfl  •''"''  hjm-small  debts  oppressed 
as  spectres  to  roma-^Jce  r^i  Ic  slS  rhl  f  ^^^^^^''^  ^^'J"''?  bills  wereTerrible 
ed^dljvcr  GoldsmitirfoS  a'eTuge'i n!!£^°»i^^^^  ^'^^^^^  warm-heart- 

pa^tei&i,^;;/^^^^?!'?!??  ^r"  ^«  'r'  -  ^^^  -'^ 

smith.  -&contrW to  "uSKhy.!^[?.^*i-^r''  "^ «'?y^  ^nd  means  as  Gold, 
by  nlayi^on  the  flutc-bv  ZcS'^^  *"°««^"  different  places, 

bed'and  a"d inner  a?"he  iiXeSs1,v.^Lf'  ^^"'^^"te-by  disputing*^  for  a 
a  doctor  and  apotl  ccarv  W  SnT  .^  aBsisfing  a  chemist-by  practising  as 
port  be  tn.e)-Ey  aSorsTm  H  fnr5  ^«'j'^^'"-fy.a«,eraptinff  the  stage  (if  re- 
Srudgery ;  tirouVomSre' w'hcjf o7  Sh'Srs L^^       "^'^  ^^*'""'^ 

try^^oSSuThavl  S  b  t?er7eV:rde"  TJ1u?''^'*'^K  '^T'^^^^^  i"dus. 
trutji  and  justice,  implanted  bvEvPn,„  A"d  J».dg'nf  by  those  principles  of. 

smith  affoidsoneoth'^r'^L^tic^^^^^^^^ 


on  the  continents -f  -;",Li!iy- 


pHysician — could  not 
L  atfPeckham,  that  he 
ilesb  to  London  after  a 


-CHIEF   JUSTICE   THORNTON. 

the'^LciStarl.rwerlS^JrstS^^^ 

Thornton,  a  phTsTclan  '  °"^"''  *'"°'^  ^^^'^  ^^^  DK  Matthew 

the^'tt'^SbTcr^v^rS  ^&^{l'='°"  J?  '""^  °ffi-  °f  P'««ident  of 
revolutionary  congretf  of  5?7ra^  .  If  '""^^''^'7'*^  *  '"«'"ber  of  the 
dence,  in  Novembellf  that  year  L^^f^''  °  '^r  de^'"?*^""  ot  indepen- 
June  24, 1803,-  in  iS  89th  Veaf  wi^JT?  f  o™ '"^  .Inland  in  1714,  and  died 
ter  of  the  most  t£ant  i.sSositi^  .n  /?k^  relig.ous-a  protestant  dissen- 
[rv""An  honest  man  "  °'/Pof  on-and  the  epitaplv  on  his  grave-stone  is 
J^ice  of  the  Common  Heas^anTwL'nT'^  '".^^^  Hatapsfire  as  Chief 
Supreme  Court.  Bmhrwa;  a  tn^?  f  '^'"'^"'^/^''^'i  to  the  bench  of  the 
«h(n  of  the  centre  ?e"at  on  Snfrof  juS  '*"'  ^"'  ''''^"  °'  '""^  P'^'-^*^ 
a4^Sr-Xranfr?a1ytr;°^^^^^^^  heedless,,  another 

dence?"         -  ^^®  ^"^  "'^^  done  for  America  and  its  Indepen^ 

nei?IrSrn?Sd'StL^^^^^^^^^  '*•    ^^^K'^'  ^he  list  of  emi- 

°f'f«  Union  for  theirTe'SinX  "elj."  '^''""''  ^'^'^  '^^^  ^^"'^"d  weU 


[ymelligent  advocat<KM>f^ya«iotism  and  jrorpf 


„,    ^^"P^religious  freedom.  -       • •- — 


'I 


M 


COIOREL  JAKES  81 


/ 


/ 


J«nre^to^6nrey  an  idea  of  the  indebtednes^  of  Americ.  to  Ireland  and 

/  *T?T' '»  'h^name  of  the  O.mnpotent.  T  "   "' '  "'^ 

/  faithful  td1nd«st&  iSD!';£°"f  rir^^  '^  \''«  ^^'^  -'««'«.  *  bow. 
inestim^le  valuf  o  o^rSntrv  "TCT'f'i  '»^'^»'»"'<=«.  ««d  laborers,  of 
Congress  to  .he  Irish  natiS^n  L  t^il^'^^  ^""^T^  °^  America"-«,id 
jml  safe  asylum  from  DOTe'rtv  a„/^  Z  ?'*'''*""  °*^  ^?'^"  *««»d  «ff«rf 
ii  which  n,any"LCd^sTyourcoi;ti^^^^^  oppression  also ;  an  asylum 
and  affluence,  and  berraiSriS  to  n?i^^i  ?k*'? "^  ^"."""^  bospiAlity,  p^ace. 
interest,  and  affecti^r™^^  ""^  ^^  ""n^*  '**'  of  consanguSty,  mutual 

in  nsVaSi'lhl  «d^mtfe„fX'?f>  V^^^  »»'«  ^"*  Volunteer, 
orable  resolutions  "ended  ^n^t^«  f'^"  »nJ«^Pen«ence  breathed  in  their  mem- 
acknowlgdSt  o?imeri«i  ?rlH  ^"^J^'I"  ''**  ^"S"«b  goremment  intoTn 
own  T,Vto|Tt'S(-o  kVoTn  Sd  te  Z^^^^     a  treaty  of  peace,  than  did  our 

Aracric*  in  thiStSh  Spn^^fn/T"^"'  ^T^"!^"  ^^o  pled  the  cause  of 

woWaAlotXS  feS  -tual  bene\cto?i^^^^^  ,„«„ 

can  victories  werrSed^tJiovKA'^^^  Ameri- 

Bu^nl'tJVrogiro^^^^^^^  «»«!;-»  «f  G^eral 

*  change  in  his  policy  towarHTrJ,^^^r  of  the  Minister  to  the  necessity  of 
Irelanland  AmSS^.  and  thp  fc '  »i^  T'f'iT  ^^  •»««"  ^«**"«d  between     , 
land,  of  habiSsTof^read  ._d  f^^^^^^  ^  *'?.^"'  *'°""»'^  ^  ««*'<=h  of 
the  Americans.    It '  LmS  kf^- PrnS     ^^  4»  ^^e  side  of-., 

justice  empioyed  tho^e  S  hLt  ^u^"^T'''-  ^"'^  *  niysleriSus  and.  final 

Wto  turn' backTpo'^l^raMk™  «*«» 

palm  of  empire.     The  result  nf  fh^  A^r    /        J  ,   ?"ogance  of  her  brow  the  n 

Catholic  KelirfBill  waMtyi S^^     » *'  ^^'* ""  ^"^"'^'  'H'»  »«>«  Roman 

oflSS^^S^;'^^^^-^'-^^^  ^e  4d  the  nanles 

as  wtts  Charles  ThotiMM  ?  r!^^io  T  i^^ST^*  ^^^l^^^ 
Rwledge.sonslf  irisC'  a^d7ho5««i' J  K°°"*5  X'^f">'>«^  E«»^"d 
grandfathers  wereZTiM'  "'"^  ^'*"***  (?a»roU,  whose 

of EShm\V\^fweSh^''°i'"°  Englishmen. fourteen  ormo) 
01  ine  crown  of  Bntam,  ten  of  them  were  natives  of  the  Unite 


f  descendants 
TO  Scotsmen, 
1  bred  subjects 
[Kingdom. 


COLONRt  JAMES  &JH^P^ 


i 


»^u^-^.^-s.i«t:^s2^^ 


ea  to  Ireland  and 

ration  of  American 
'76,  We  find  thr^« 
to  whom  may  be 
MigresB.  Irislimen 
cause  of-  American 
)f  patriots  who  dc> 
the  west,  perilled 
vitb  his  lords  and 

I  colonies,  a  bold, 
.  and  laborers,  of 
)f  America"— said 
5—"  would  afford 
n  also ;  an  asylum 
hospii|]ity,  peace, 
langumity,  mutual 

e  Irish  Volunteers 
led  in  their  mem- 
)remmeut  into  an 
ice,  than  did  our 
11781.    Without 
r  the  grip  of  her 
ntly^successful  if 
urkes,  Sheridans, 
ed  the  cause  of 
:ed  by  their  argu-    ' 
ort. 

;feat  of  the  latter 
former.  Ameri- 
page  287,  of  the 

efeat  of  G^eral 
the  necessity  of 
foirmed  between 
itrj^  in  search  of 
;  o^  the  side' of", 
eripus  and  final 
t  bjanished  fmm 
of  her  brow  the** 
Id  the  Roman 


■■*•■• 


add 


fii^d  the  nanfes 
ves  of  Ireland — 
1.  land  Edward 
lairoll,  whose 

descendants 
o  Scotsmen, 
id  bred  subjects 
:d  Kingdom. 


r  dEOKOE  TATLOB— GEORGE  KEAlk       *  i« 

X?ri™.hL^™u ''""  ^'«J«'P^?'J«''^e.  »nd  one  of  the  most  energeticupholdert 
«l  the  republic.  He  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  died  in  1806.  aeed  93  vMnT 
Colonel  Smith  came,  to  America  when  verv  loim-  with Vj-^Vkf-  "^X®*"- 
who  settkHl  on  the  bank*  of  the  SusqSSTHroLlS         firS  co^'' 

>Lord  Mountjoy  affirm,  as  he  did,  in  the  Irish  Parl^pnfiTM"  i^^      '?'?''* 

Xi5'^o;;:r'"^r  r^  S«W'Provi.io.?s.aii  cS4!who3emal! 
Kinker  amonrtL  ^".1/^^^  was  no  iiencdi^t  Arnold  „or  swindling  usuriof. 

liave  acted  thus.    Christ  bids  us  beware  of  the  civeSclal  * 


GEORGE    TAYLOR. 

GEORtft  TArioR,  of  Pennsylvania— one  of  the  fathera  of  thp  irr,>mt  ronnKi:. 
was  bom  in  Ireland  in  17l2^    His  &ther  iafa  i^esbyJer  J^ 
Mr'-'sSi'V^lh'^'"  George  arrived  in  Americaf  his  SXs  we  e  wld^^^^^^^ 
Mr.  Savag^B  for  his  passage  money.    Adversity  proved  an  invaluable  tousher 
and  our  Irish  patriot  grew  up  to  lianhood  a  boU  intrepid,  SSSt  ^"l 
oi  the  ngh  s  of  the  human  race-was  delegatpd  Wthe  people  of  pSnsvltSnfJ 

ipiS™;'-'".^"-"^  ^''""^f  ^^^^^«'•  1776-si^dX5«=IarrdSS 
^r^»^  "1  *''"'  °^™?'  «°«1  yielded  to  none  in  manly  resolution  aSfimSea 
his'ier;^;.;"'^  "  '"'"  *^''*-  «^  ^^^  *'  ^«»«i  ^^^rtiary  Sd.  l^S 
A  part  of  our  Irish  and  other  settlers  are  disliked  by  many  for  their  Dovertv— 
tut  It  shouM  be  remembers!  that  immigrants  have  bfougSinfo  the  uK  w^ A 
them  many  milhons  of  dollars  in  specic-and  if  the  welrthyfordCTerTto  be 
welcomed,  why  should  the  poor  man:  be  denounced !  JosepVweifinto  Ect« 
a  poor  slaje^Robert  Fulton's  parents  were  poor  Irish  emilrantryet  who?£ 
<lonc  more  ft.r  America  than  he?-George  faylor  of  PemSwJanKs  Jas  U 
were)  sold  for  a  season  when  h«  arrived  {tiL  IreiandTto  pay  hirnaSiJe 
monev-yet  Joseph  was  of  some  service  to  the  Egypt  aosSdwhen^t 
gauntlet  Was  thrown  down  by  the  old  colonists  and  E"S^  British  sSj 
jects  disclaimed,  it  may  be  questioned  whether  the  naine  of  GeolgeTaW^ 

!L?!!f  ^r  't°"*  '*''  9«»«Pr«»8  on  the  Declaration  of  fcdeplndlnoe  S 
those  of  the  other  conscript  fathers.  *"uc|«;uucm  e  uiu 

«  Take,  freedom!  take  thy  radiant  round, 
n,-.)^''™  *''"™*^' "'*^®»  ^''^»  1«M*»  return! 
TUi  not  a  shrine  on  earA  be  fonnd. 

On  which  thy  gloiy  shall  not  bom."  I 


•GEORGE   READ. 


-^wierHfS 


knember  of  the 
signers  of  the 


*  «-IT»^TT.T"''^'^""''Vl  «*»ry'«^*n«f  delegate  to  the  Congress  of  1776.^ 
Jnil  V^  "*^''^*•'■^^L^'"«"«»°  Indfependepce.    Both  hislarents  were 
2Sl'  .Sl"^"™ /?  1734,  and  was  by  profession  a  lawyer,    ifir.  Read  pre- 
wded  at  the  ConvenUoa  which  formid  the  faat  constitutioa  of  the  St»t«  of 


"?i 


/ 


c 


le 


HrTlEDOE—M'KKAK— CARROLL— LYNCH. 


t)elaware,  and  was  a  member  of  the  convention  which  framed  the  ConBtitnt.on 
ol  the  United  S.ates.  of,  which  he  became  a  Senatcr/was  afterward  cS? 
Ju8t.ce  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Delaware,  and  died  in  1798  """*"'*>'»'«* 


1^- 


H  .r 


L 


•GOVERNOR    EDWARD   RUTLEDGE. 
This  ^ntleman-a  youn-er  son  of  Dr.  John  Rutledge,  an  Irish  emiCTant 
Tduo^pT?''  \T^Y°'"'-^'  "^"!  1 -5-was  born  ia  Charlfs  on?Novemb?rS^ 
htnadvecTtv  L  n'.'"     "glaftd.  and  commenced  practice  as  a  barrSter  in 

h  8  S  brother  Julm     t  r  'T  f^''^"»^»'«  ""^l  ^'h»^/nt»  'J'ough  less  so  than 
uioeiuir  oroiner,  jolm.     Dr.  Ramsay  srrves  him  the  charactor  nf  a  wiet  «„.. 
«o«^  upright  ma,,,  ,,,d  |,c  l,aj  chAjaor  .o  £  Me  o  "he  fo,i's„Scf^ 


♦GOVERNOR  M'KEAN,  OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 


naJfS'if  Kd'*''Ho'tT  *'"'  ^''^^"  for^imigration-his  parents  were 
nauves  oi  Ireland.    He  sat  as  a  member  of  the   revolutionary  conirress 

^Z^J'Tv  °*    !''"  .Declaration  of   Independence,  and   fo?^nine Tears 

goremor  of  Pennsylvania.    Governot  M»Keau  was  bornSn  New  Londoi    ' 
„  Je^svivama,  March  19th,  1734  ;  educated  hy  Dr.  Allison  ?b«ame  a  lawyc?: 

ttl    ■^''\li}°  «''f  compress  held  in  New  York,  1765;  wa^  Sdem  of  De^a' 
^SnVSf'pfesiSIInVTfl"''  ^'"  P^,-,id-t  of  Congress!    HeCs  once  a  wat 

181?     M^M W    Sl'^'h-'  """^  '''''•I  »'/'•«  «?e  of  83,  on  the  ?4th  of  Jun™ 


/ 


••CHARLES  CARROLt,  OF  CARROLLTON. 

1737^Xa^ed*'!f  Pri"'  ''""n  S^".?''P°""'  '°  Maryland,  September  20th, 

very  WShv  ^Hp  S^f/'"''  ^''H'V  "^"  ^f*"**^""  «*" «»  IrisJ>'n«n.  and 
If  A  TT  •  ?"o  ^®  ^*®  *  mwjiber  of  the  revolutionary  con<rress  a  Spnntnr 
of  the  United  States,  and  the  last  surviver  of  the  signerZoHhS  DeclLtfon  o? 
IndeDendence  He  died  Nov.  14thM832 ;  and  the  fLqut  of  w£eZ^^^^^ 
^^th^t;^S^i:\7j'V^TT''"'^  '^'^  ^'«-'l"^'»  ofle  counlr?  from 
T40  years  before  '°  '^"'""'*  '°  *^^P«  'f^'S'^^^  persecution, 

Mr.  Carroll  did  not  vote  on  the  question  of  Independbce  not  havinT  fnkpn 


**  THOMAS  LYNOII.^TTT- 


^?rtLi^r^\T^"  '^^^  ''T  ?  ^"'""^  Carolina,  August  5th,  1749  educa- 
^t  Cambridge  Umversity,  England,  a  protestant,  a  member  of  the  revS 


the  Constitution 
ftcrward  Chief 


JE. 

Irish  emigrant, 
fovcmber,  1749, 
8  a  barrister  in 
igh  less  so  than 

of  a  just,  gen- 
ur  South  Caro- 
'pendenee.  He 
ears— took  his 

a  prisoner  of 
Soutii  Carolina. 


ANIA. 

i  parents  were 
lary  congress 
3T.  nine  years 
New  London, 
ame  a  lawyer ; 
iident  of  Dela> 
?  once  a  warm 
!  ?4th  of  June, 
terian  church, 
sat  in  it  from 
inia,  50  year* 
fathers. 


TON. 

ptemb'er  20th, 
[rishman,  and 
;ss,  a  Senator 
)ecIaration  of 
rellesley  mar- 
'  country  from 
3  persecution, 

having  taken 
n  that  of  Mr. 
when  the  en- 
rroU  was  op- 


CIIARLES    THOMSON. 


17 


tionary  congress,  and  one  of  the  sijjners  of  the  DcclanitJon  of  4in«,:«  ..  t^j 
pendence.     His  ancestors  were  fr^m  Ire  and  -l^sfSerwn;  nT. '"''*; 

they  were  never  heard  of  more-it  is  supposed  that  the  rhip  foddered  S 


■CHARLES  THOMSON. 

under  the  Consttiution  they  had  adopted.    He  was  hnrn  in  i7Tn .  ,.       '^    ?' 
an,  pious,  patriotic  IrishJaa ;  and  a?  the  age  o7e  em^.  em  IntldX^  Irt 
/and   o  Pennsylvania,  with  his  three  elder  b?othcrs-fhe  ceSratrcuWrnn 
CIS  Alhson  (h.s  countryman)  was  his  teacher  ih  Philadelph  ia-and  xliZZ 

•  cS  errs"te^;rM?'A''  ^"•^^^'^'^  panti'ngTo  btoSe  fr^e  it  i  1 
t.iu£ens  was  neid  m  1774,  Mr.  Thomson  was  chosen  to  record  thpir  hr,«.„J;i 

ed  hint  to  thousands),  to  oin  the  spirits  of  the  brave  L^d  free  thrWashinT 
tons,  Montgomeries,  Sullivans,  Waynes,  Duanes,  Taylors  and  other  S 
men,  who  look  down  with  complacency  from  a  better  worid^n  the  siene?of 
former  penis  and  former  triumphs,  in  which  they  were  partakere  Irishman 
ThoS^^  "'""^  ^""'^-^  •'y  ^^«  b"«»-ss  ofLtfol'Vemember'cte 

SiScTafrploX'^""''*^''''^  ''^''^''''  ^  *^  -""^^  ""'"^^^  "-' 
at  Newark,1n  Delaware,  on  the  10th  ofTptemberS  ^U^^^^     ThS* 

reiaiy  alter  the  death  of  his  lady,  until  his  own  decease. 
1  he  longevity  of  this  family  has  been  remarkable: 


1st.  William,  died  in  Virginia,  aged 93  years. 

2d.  Alexanderj-died  in  Delaware,  aged   ....  80   do. 
da.  Charles,  dipd  -"  ^"^     •  -° 


-»      i 


t  m 


.^t.  HaniogtQii,JEn!^aged 94*  di» 


^h.  Matthew,  died  m  Pennsylvania,  ^ed 
5th.  John,  do.  ^o.  do. 


,  1749,  educa- 
)f  the  revolu- 


91    do. 
.  ->  79   da 
•-^93   do.    ' 


6th.  Mary.^died  in  Delaware;  aged „   „„. 

These  ilaen,  with  thiexception  of  the  venerable  secretary,  were  all  agricUl- 

\        *  Mf  by  anotlier  account. 


/ 


18 


crik 


turilts,  tilled  tbek  own  lands  with  their  own  hands,  and  were  temperate  in 
tbeirbabits  throughout  their  long 'Mid  virtuous  lives.  .     ' 

In  a  copy  of  the  Berts  and  Sehuylkiir  Journal,  many  years  old,  I  find  the 
following  particulars  relative  to  Mr.  Thomson :—  ^  ■     ' 

He  was  about  six  feet  high,  erect  in  his  gait,  dignified  in  hiMei 
interesting  m  his  conversation.     Dr.  Franklin  was  "^^       •«<   "■ 
"•end— they  agreed  in  everything  but  religion.     Mi 
John  Thomson,  and  was  born  in  the  county  of  DerrI 
Gortede,  and  parish  of  Maharaw,  in  the  first  w)|clr 
the  particular  day  can  not  be  specified.    He 
when  ahput  ten  ycars.old,  accompanied  by 
board  the  ship  in  w|)ich  they  were  passemj 

Delaware ;  and  by  an.  act  of  injustice^  his  piflf!e?ty,  of  consid'erable  amount, 
was  withheld  from  his  sons,  then  iWlReir  minority,  in  a'foftign  country,'  with- 
out  kindred,  without  friends',  witht.ut  money,  left  to  follow  the  leadings  of 
Divine  Providence :  yet  they  vW^Yj  experienced  the  protecting  care  of  Him 
who  IS  the  father  of  the  fatherless:  Charles  had  a  great  taste  for  leaminc 
and,  under  the  instruction  of  that  distinguished  scholar.  Dr.  AllisoiK  became 
a  great  proficient  in  Latin,  Greek,  and  Frenc^.  f- 

The  writer  in  the  Berks  Joiirnal,  gives  a  most  interesting  account  of  hi» 
'  ''*?"'  ♦?  ™'-  Thomson^s  dwelling,  an  ancient,  retired,  but  spacious  mansion,  ten 
mUes  from  Philadelphia.     Mr.  T's  last  remark  was,  "  Money,  money!  is  th« 
God  of  tbif  world"— a  trtith  worth  rcmemberintr. 


iment,  and 
intimate 
'd  sun  of 
e  town  of 
...  1731,  but 
„.^  with  his  father, 
^the^s.  His  father  died  on 
Iter  entering  the  Capes  of 


-~^A 


CH-RISTOP^ER  COLLES.  " 

^THtt  troly  practical  and  sagacious  engmeer  arrived  in  the  United  State* 
ftom  Ireland,  of  which  country  he  was  a  native,  nine  or  ten  years  before  the 
BUM  J  /u?  "^o™"on-    He  delivered  a  series  of  public  lectures  in  1772,  at 
Philadelphia,  says  Cadwallader  D.  Colden,  "  on  the  subject  of  lock-navigation'* 
—and  De  Witt  Clinton  bears  voluntary  testimony  that  Mr.  Colles  "was  the 
"farst  person  who  suggested  to  the  government  of  the  state  [of  New  York! 
the  Canals  and  improvements  on  the  Ontario  route.    CoUes  was  a  man  of 
••-good  character— an  ingenious  mechanician,  and  well  skillecl  in  the  math- 
ematics.   Unfortunateli-  for  him-,  and  perhaps  for  the  public,  he  was  gen- 
"  « W  considered  a/ufifiartyirqipctor,  and  Rs  plans  were  sometimes  treated 
^with  ridicule,  and  AWAylKred  with  di8tr,ufet."  ^  ,4 
m^  Almost  contenip(aimiHn»  the  p^lg^  inb^^ion  of  some  of  our 
#ater.courses  by  GaMMMBBlton,"  saP^Hleilly,  "  the  question  of  in- 
tenial  improvement  WiP^IPfeseflWd  to  the  legislature  of"  New  York  by  Mr. 
Colles— and  in  1784  his  plans  were  referred  to  a  committee,  who,  as  Govfernor 
Umton  inlorms  us,  were  opposed  to  undertaking  the  work  at  the  public  ex- 
pense, but  willing  to  allow  Mr.  Colles  and  those  who  might  Join  him  in  the 
enterprise,  to  do  so  as  an  incorporated  company. 

Again,  in  1785,  Mr.  Colles  brought  the  canal-navigation  question  before  the 
legislature,  who  appropriated  only  $125  in  the  supply  bill  to  enable  him  to 
sunrey  the  route,  which  he  did,  and  published  the  results  "in  a  pamphlet,  en- 
titled "  Proposals  for  the  Speedy  Settlement  of  (Re  Waste  aud  Vnapproprtated 
Lands  on  the  Western  Frontier  of  New  York,  and  for  the  Improvement  of  the 
Inland  IVavtgation  bettoeen  Albany  and  Ostvego."  It  was  printed  m  1785.  at 
New  York,  by  Samuel  Loudon.  •  , 

In  Colles's  pamphlet  h^  tells  the  legislature  that  his  proposed  canal  iinprove- 
ment  would  greatly  increase  our  exports,  foreign  commerce  and  inland  trade. 


^ 


i.  til  .u  5i^ —  '  .-.~.~~^^  »-.  ^^|>y.to,  luicijjii  uuiuuierce  anu  iniana  iraae, 
aetHe^fae^wmtry,  wmblu  it  to  cany  military  stores  and  provisions  t6<ftiflt&rit 
places  on  the  frontiers,  cheapen  the  conveyance  of  goods  and  give  the  states 
•n  inland  navigable  coast  on  the  five  great  lakes,  five  times  as  large  as  the 
whole  English  coast,  and  of  equal  fertility.  Col.  Troup,  who  was  in  the  As- 
•cmbly  m  1786,  mentions  that  that  year  Mr.  Colles's  petition  was  referred  ♦'* 


'*%- 


were  teinperate  in. 
ears  old,  I  fiod  the 

mcnt,  and  _ 
intimate 
d  8un  of 

e  town  of  ' 

Einb^r,''l731,  but 
with  his  lather, 
'His  father  died  on 
iring  the  Capes  of 
isiderable,  amount^ 
sign  countryr  with* 
w  the  leadings  of 
cting  care  of  Him 
taste  for  learning, 
)i.  AllisoQ,  became 

ing  account  of  hi» 
icious  mansion,  tea 
ney,  money,  is  th« 


the  United  State* 
^n  years  before  the 
ectures  in  1772,  at 
)f  lock-naTigation'* 
:.  Colles  "  was  the 
ite[DfNew  Yorkj 
•lle^was  a  man  of 
illed  in  the  math> 
ublic,  he  was  gea- 
sometimes  treated 

(HI  of  sooie  oi  otir  ' 
le  question  of  iii% 
New  York  by  Mr; 
who,  as  GoTfernor 
:  at  the  publie  ex- 
it join  him  in  tfa* 

uestiim  before  the 
to  enable  him  to 
n  a  pamphlet,  en- 
id  Vnappropriatei 
mprovement  of  ih* 
rinted  in  1785,  at 

ied  canal  improve- 
and  inland^trade, ' 
TtSions  toAiSI&ikt 
ad  give  the  states 
as  large  as  the 
io  was  in  tjhe  As* 
a  was  referred  ♦'* 


COMMODORE  CHAEtXS  imfAST. 


Most 

1 

intiP-- 


10 

sSrS^'iifilyffe  "')'*  t'^^V'  '*'*'!'"'''*  ''^"^'-  Co"e»  furnished  Mr/ 
.u„,  JT   b     *V?*  ^^    extending  the  naTigution  to  Lal{c  Erie."    Dr.  Hosack 
«ho  remarks,  withrcspcct  to  Gouvcrneur  Morris's  suggestions  in  1800  anSfiS 
«ral  Schuyler's  in  1797,  relative  to  extending  the  cSl  to  take  eS  W^ 
journals  of  the  legislature  show  that  Ay  Smith,  in  478G   and  Dro^lt 
Olmsiopher  Co  les.  toot  the  same  view  of  th/s  mJawre\efoVe  they  5  d    W 
to  the  project  ol  uniting  the  great  lakes  with  the  ocean.  Colles  wa?  far  before 
Edt*„"?  ',r  r^^T'"^  »'  ?"d  •«  P«»««ing  i'«  consideratioi,  on  tiTe  IJiskture 
.h?Mr2  ?•  '  ^Tf^  P'""*""''  "."••  «"«"«>"».  Mr  CioUes  struggled  JonffaaS 

iits'"  iS^M/J^lS''?."''^  f  "',V8'"  i"  ^^h  he'ived.^"Geiiusa„f^ 
«ni8,    sijs  JVU.  tolden,  "much  ab6vQ  the  sphere  \%  which  he  seems  <o  h 
.        moved  m  the  attt-r  part  of  his  life,  could  not  rescu'e  him  S  Surhv  l 
-         Sv  U-' '  ^'  "  ''^""''^J'''  ungrateful  to  forgi^t  him  at  this  tE.   lo  S^ 
"say  l,Aw  far  we  owe  tfc-  occasion"  of  celebrating  the  union  of  iSe  AiUmtl 

ages  that  Wftuld  result  from  op,n ing  the.se  communicaUons  with  helakls- 
LVt  f '"■  v"""  ^^rr'^^^lcd  of  the  facililf  wUh  which  these  cZmuruaZns 
"tTifobjecT."'''"'"''''  '*•'  activity  with  Aich  he  for  some  time7uS 
.  Colles,  an  Irishman,  was  the  first  who  tau^At  ilt  America  hv  Ip««nn.  «.™i 
els,  and  lectures  the  ,uode  of  artificial  highly  rbylonM 
canals,  with  locks-he  was  the  projectorof the graifi  westerrcaMi  a  auarZ 
of  a  century  before  u  was  J^tualTy  c'ommencedieXSe  Lt  Jo  '  opZ  t 

thJcitvo"New  YoTk'nL'^*'  -7^  ^'^r  front  a  distance  i^toandtCilgh 
ine  city  ol  «ew  York,  n6w  carried  into  effect  bf  means  of  tlie  Croton  Aoue- 

uon  of  his  plans,  aad  ilio  „ea<„,»s  of  tho.wn.,  »>  dSrly  foSd  ifi  hTS. 

made  mM,)r,j,pro,em,„,^„hi|,#j,        J,  ^  o«  an  IrishSaL  Titarf 

er  >8  directed  for  more  full  information-second,  by  Ss  De  Witt  Climn5' 
and  C.  D.  Colden's  statements— and.  lastly  bv  Mr  PhnX.  Tf:^».„  iw       '"'°? 
the  Croton  Aqueduct,  ih  which  he' So^I ul' CoU^'LX^^^^^ 
of  a  reservoirand  pipes  to  carry  water  into  and  through  New  Yo?k!  W  WH  . 

I  Judge  Cooper,  father  of  the  Naval  Historian.KjfferS  to  wmracT  to  do  whft 

r    Colles  had  proposed  to  carr\' into  effei-t  in-l77A     tk^St    k  A  *°^o  '<^nat 
,  .lsoadoptefaSlanbyColles\Xifwa\^^^^^^         IHs^rbeT^S^S 

Ivwhile  hundreds,  of  miflions  of  the  national  treasure  are  wa^?edTC,!^'.,v 
our  politu:al  pot,?ntates,  Colles  and  Fulton"  and  meS  "keXm  a?e  t^  oK 

^harassed  and  impoverished,  or  go  down  to  Ih^  gra4  unrewSd.  '  -   , 


♦coAmqdobk  nHjjrF^^^ 


--% 


^ 


* 


Jiii-. 


_^  Charles  SxEWAR^was  bom  at  Philadelphia,  iuly  28th  1778     W«  ««,—.- 


*^ 


,-j^.' 


I"t 


>  -:- 


20 


CfOMUOOORE  C^AKLES  8TEWABT. 


and  joined  the  Unite4  Slaves  fSe  Snder  ?;.L  /^  '?  ^  t^^entielh  year, 
he  was  promoted  to  the  command  of  ?hp«nh°'fe'^  ^"^^  ^"y-  I"  ^800 
French  schooners  tJ^  SiTanf  Ditnf nfTf  ,^P«"'°«°V  '=''P*"«'^  ^^^^ 
Bridger.  carryinff  S"nLe-noi,ndnrf     H  i  ^  ''"f  ^^  ?"°^'  a'^o  the  Louisa 

and  Chi  dren  Vf  temrstWsm  VfrS^f'"'''^  ^  muliitude  of  Spanish  women 
schooner  had  JesertXhe  n  and  loot  J..^  •°''^S''^'^  "^'^  *"''  "«^  ^^  their 
be  took  command  of  thrbri^  SireranJ T.'°  'fl^  *°  St  Domingo.    In  1802 

for  Ins  gallant  induct  in  aSS'onTrSw^^ 

In  Novomberri805,  a  »p?end  d  dinnpr  JnJ  '^'''r  «"stamed  much  dama^ 
Decatur  by  the  citizens  Taeor^Sown  a  SkTJ  clT^^'  Stewart  Jnd"^ 
assisted  by  General  Pimn  nnH  «lrV  wtoich  General  Mason  presided, 

beginning^--.  ^'''''°'  ^"^  the  song  was  composed  and  sung  that  eveZg; 

■    •    ,  -.■■♦•■ 

1  i^r'',,'?- 1*""  f  5' "'"'''"  P«"'«^e  ended! 

Wh       '*;'»^':'1«!^'''?  bnard  let  us  gratefully  thron? 
--  -  Y  f'r  """^"^  ^'*''  '^^  '''•'^•'  the  laurel  shall  wave  ^ 

And  form  a  bnght  wreathfor  the  brow  of  tirblave.'' 

faS^^^^SSSeSM J^  ^n^;?'  ?^  St^w^Sd 
United  States  their-possessed,  o  sea  t^seek  the  i^^^^^^  '^'^.^  ^"  *»»« 
th«,ra  at  New  YorTt,  for  its  protection  M^m.a^  *^^™^'  'i^'^^d  of  placing 
to  become  a  mdtob^r  of 'L?  cTbinT' buf  L^iol'fr^'fK'"!'^  .^^P'«'»  S»«^a« 
took  the  command  of  the  SSte  Ki^mfnn  of  aq  '^*  ^™°'-  ^»  1813  he 
Picton,  of  16  guns,  a  merfihSan  caS  1 0  it!  ^^^^  the 

son  and  ship  Susan.    On  the  SS  of  F^bruarv  lS?l'  fh  ^  i^-  ^'^^  ^'^'^  ^'^• 
with  the  British  war+ship  Levant   of  9i  «?5'      i^vf*"^  Constitution  fell  in 
'  after  an  engagement  of  fo«y  Ses  in^to^hf  th^A^J  °-^  ^  ^"»«'  ^"^ 
victorious,  and  the  British  ships  suirenjered    ^    '         ^*°«"««»  a'ms  were 

Hitt^^J.^Je^Tk^^^pr;^^^^^  Cooper,  in  his  Naval 

usual,  the  enemy  firing  much  L?teffh,nnn«''™^". ''°'*' "«'«''' ''^as  ™^ 
hulled  oftener  during  fhi?  eL'lmenf^^^^^^^^^  ^J*"  Constitution  was 

though  she  suffered  less  in  her^Jr%T?hLi  L  Ve  ±£.'**^^  ^^a^les, 

had  not  an  officer  hurt.  '''^^™**^  "»»««  combat  with  the  Ja»a.    She 

ex;SS"arirSi?  «hip  on  this  occasion, 

vessel  to  engage  two  enemies  aid  escape  bS  Ltf^  »»'««al  for  a  single 
curnng  to  the  Constitutronr however  she  a3>r^?i?'j  ?**  ["l  ^'«»»  tJ^'sSc- 
and  the  manner  in  which  shocked  and  B  i^th^  "''  ^'^''"•  «PPo"ents, ' 
antagonists  down  to  leeward,  when  thev  wlrp  .n^  smoke-foix:ing  her  two 
or  forefopt-is  among  the  mosrSiam LTn«  endeavoring  to  cross  her  stem 
^  After  his  return  to  the  Ked  Stes T»  "'"^  "^  ? V**  """a's-" 
Captain  Stewart  with  hefrZomonhectZT'^^^^^^  honored 

box,  Md  gave,Jiim  a  public  d^nnil"'  n«  1-^'  P^^^^nte<*  hipi  with  a  gold  snuff- 

latur^of kl tiVe  sC!   PeSvania   n^^ 

Kant  victory,  and  directed  theTovSo/J;  ^ZJ"  TJ'.f  ^^'^'^'^^  ^«'  <»«  bVil- 
sented  to  hfm,  in  testimony  of  fhdr  sense  of  hf^M"  ?-'''H*'  ^.^««» »»  ''e  pre-     \ 
taring  two  British  ships  of ,  Warof  sSL^L  fL  '''"^"'^'**''  ™«"ts  '"  cap- 
Congress  also  voted  him^  a  goEell^S°'ll°I!!Z'fa^Cyane  and  Levant 


ttd  patu.d  a  vote  of  hankTroS^rh?g"^'f°  °^^^^^^        '^vem      h 

Commodore  Stewart  was  placed  rcoinlT,£'p'*"l?""''°'  *=°"^°«: 
and  next  year  took  charge  of  the  Amer^cTsnH  ^^  ^!?"^Ji'"'  ''*'  "» 1816, 
Lewasseat  to  the  |>ac|c  in  I'slof^^^^^^^^^^  . 


■4»-- 


■i 


to  sea  in  the  merchant 
a  of  an  Indiamali,  ac- 

in  his  twentielhvear, 
eJoiin  Barry.  In  1800 
:periment,  captured  the 
i  guns,  also  the  Louisa 
ude  of  Spanish  Women 
iptain  and  crew  of  their 
St.  Domingo.  In  1802 
modore  Preble's  thanks 
istained  much  damai^^f 
Captains  Stewart  an<r 
neral  Mason  presided, 
and  sung  that  evening, 

far    ■  / 

•nded, 

f.  ->■  ■ 

11 


throng', 
wave, 
le  brave.*' 


/:-.,: 


'aptains  Stewart'lijid 
ew  ships  bf  war  the 
y,  instead  of  placing 
•itcd  Captain  Stewart 
e  honor.  In  1813  he 
ns,  and  destroj'ed  the 
id  the  brig  Lord  Nel- 
le  Constitution  fell  in 
ane  of  34  guns,  and 
American  arms  were 

Cooper,  in  his  Naval 
I  both  sides,  was  un- 
he  Constitution  was 
ler  previous  battles, 
with  the  Java.    She 

hip  on  this  occasion, 
unusaal  for  a  single 
So  far  from  this  oc- 
both  her  opponents, 
Ke— forcing  her  two 
ig  to  cross  her  stem 
ival  annals." 
New  York  honored 
in  with  a  gold  snuff- 
ladelphia,  the  Iegi». 
thanks  fof  his  bril- 
ted  sword  to  be  pre- 
shed  merits  in  cap- 
Cyane  and  Levant. 


CHASLES  LtrcAS.  ■'^21 

iJ^rTnt  ^h  1?      hardship.    H»s  character  is  that  of  a  benevolefit  and  intelt 
«r1n  it  K    f  '  i  ^^  ''^^"  no.mnated  a  candidate  for  the  Presidency  and  weU 


leir  valiant  conduct, 
anklin,  74,  in  1816, 
le  Me^terranean— 
imand  of  the  Navy 


J     '^   •  CHARLES   LUCAS.  ' 

This  famous  Irish  patriot,  who  established  in  Dublin  as  an  Pnmnp  tn  »«.«„, 

tTbom^n  ml'i'^r'  ^r°""^^^'^  opprcssorl-'TkrFZ^ 

was  Dora  m  nid,  m  Clare  Countv— Was  self-i>dii(>atPi1     nF  k.»nKi„    •;."':"*'"» 

apothecary  that  he  mi.ht  subsist^anTj^Sn^^ 

the  mfamous  rnlers  of  Ireland-bade  defiance  to  their  enS  nn^Llro^ 
malice-asserted  the  absolute  right  of  Ireland  to  enjoyThe  bS  fnTaufnd^^ 
on  self-government-and,  being ^sessed  of  a  fine  KaK^f  resp^ 
S5  !  f  T"!'  *  '=°™?^'^°<li«S  appearance,  and  a  rich  m^w  voice'  he  dfd 
more  for  his^ountry  than  any  other  man  of  his  day.  He  "mav'  be  considpfiJ 
as  the  first  that  instituted  id  Ireland  that  powerful  en^ine^of nLlar  JiX 

large^m  for  his  apprehension-the  ^rpomi/n  ofSlin  diSTh  seH  * 
royalty  proclaimed  him  an  outlaw— for  ten  Vears  Iw.  Ipft  TrLS  !  ?  "?~ 
1760,  and.was  chosen  a  member  of  ParlSeftr  Dubti  '^^^^^ 

In  all  situations  Dr.  Lucas  Avas  true  to  his  people— when  exw\UA  nmcn. 
cuted  proscribed,  disfranchised,  traduced,  outlawed  TSh  J  S  ^hlt 
elected,  cheered,  encouraged,  re-elected,  the  d^tor  was  tK  saSa^  ^we^rfe? 
ther^'lSf ''":'  ''""'  ''  '^-^'^'^'^y-    He  was  honest  up"ShSr?i 

Kvonthett^  AVhenJevirwJngwI 

phyS^jir  iiTSed%Ze'  itlVSislr^JlSoTm  '^ 
"Let  the  man  thus  driven  into  exile  fo^r  hSng  bS^n  the  frSoKfcoS^S^ 
be  received  m  every  other  place  as  a  confessed  of  liberty,  3  le  fhe  toX7f 
power  be  taught  ,n  time,  that  they  may  rob  but  cah  not  Woverish '' 


»po« .  fcnu,  whom  h.  mij;zxss';,±s%z'z:X  s  i«* 


as^ 


toBO  xawAKDnneoLjuA 


country,  toward  their  mosTaeservSt  ,2 JL  ?^  «he  imllions  in  every  agTand 
the  h^rtb  of  many  very  aWe  ^ lo^K?  "**'  benefactors,  doS  Jft  gfil 
and  office^  the  legions  of  XsnS^^J^  ^^  spectacle  of  human  suffering 
youthful  and  aspfring  patrKS  inJS  «"PP°«erS' while  it  discourages^* 
prefer  the  more  obscur?  K'oTprivat  ,1ft.T"^  '^  °""^  ?"«*  ff«°«™»8  4St  to 
iike  that  of  the  manly  and  wwm-lh?anprf  r .  *  *=«'«"««?«  Freedom's  banner 
his,  by  the  unspeakable  aLuish  ort^"  ^""^^S'-to  he  followed  perhaps  like 
pg  hfs  death-b^ed  Xw!  tCafterThf'"^  '^  H""'^^  '"^^'^  famBy  SuS! 
"'Dr^Zuct^^^'^r^  »?«•  -"efeTh?^^^^^^^  and 'destituUon 

l^r.  Lucas's  wido^  was  pensioned  aft^r  hLT  !u  t^  '^^  ^®''  ""»7  enjoy- 
To  tell  the  sad  tale  of  thos^Sand  i     *'''i'^  '''^  ^^^^  Of  DuSiL 
who  have  livefi  and  died  likfLerettS  TT" ''"'?]'««?««  a°d  climes 
JIp°r?n  """^f  .^'^^^^  young  voluntas  for  thX'*!^"""  P"**"?'  «<>«'  the 

wield  the  pen,  as  much  as  we  do  MacdmSi^iOT*'®  to-  liberty,  who  can 
to  fight  our  battles.  The  soldier  and  S^^fe'^'^^^'  «"«*  Monteomeries 
when  worn  out  in  the  service-^ thl^'^hl^l  !^^^^^  **'  °»h?r  bounty 
pure  and  uncompromisin<r,  find  »  rpfn^f  f  ^  w^  champion  of  the  press  if 
gratitude  of  an  intelligentTpatriofiJ^f  J  ?™  thAtorms  of  adversitV  fnK 
.   CanweyetsayofLucas,^?heWo;^^^^  "'V  m  tHe 

m  the  representation  of  the  IriKSjpSlgT "''°'  °^'^''»"«»  ""d  O'Co^eU 

'"^aK  Iff fetl'a'SS'tir*"'  'J"^  -«>  ^^  ^^-> 
Enm's  chUdren  £,  wSSkTh^r?""'.. 

Heryo«th,haUhJJ^tJ?,,'^^JSSj^^r^^^^^^^^ 

LoHB  '        *  ^°^^  =^^^RD  FITZGERAL.D. 

MarJ?  DutT^srofSl^e^^a'nd^^^^^  of  Ireland's  only  duke,  bv  Emeli« 
born  in  London.  OctSTsUi'^Jes  f^f,'«fC'^«  ^"'^^  of  Richmond,  wij 
-the  19th-to  Charleston.  MLoSni  8^^^  sent  with  his  regiW 

4^„«"««°  freedom,  and  zeilous  to  sSe  fri^h  '  ^J'"*'"^  "'"''"^'y  »"««hed  fo 
shp.  tothp  French  revolution    h/^'  J  "independence.  For  his  friend- 
Bruish  army,  and  died  of  hswound^^t  deprived  of  his  commission  in  the' 
the  strikefor  freedohi,  Xh  but  foJ  lSf°'''  Dublin.  June  4th,  1798,  dur  1 

""n   T'?^?''  ^^^h  was  his  populantv  i,T"  *"•*  *!?''*'>'  ^""Jd  proSw? 
On  the  19th  of  May,  1798  Lord  Si^'i^*"*'  and  military  skifl.         ' 

*^^*'™«"t^and  vexation  of  mind,  ^uZA  tjl  *^Tt  ®  "'  «dded  tb  hard 
enable  advantage  of  the  ablest  ^nH™    "  "***''♦  ""d  Ijeland  lost  the  incal. 
officer,  who  was  favomble  to  theiaSon  and^ff"™''*''  »"''  popular  mi  "ta' 
Four  thousand  dollars  had  beei  SroSl- ''^? -^^^^^  "'^  "«  oPP'essors.  ^ 
found  in  Nicholas  Murphv's  hon,P     m     **/"  ^'^  apprehension,  and  he  wa*- 
dungeon,  his  house  made  a  b«rack  hth^^^  """^  ^^P' Aftyfive  Weeks  in Z 
stroyed,  and  he  had  to  give  hSw  bai       a'"- ''  ^"^'  ^^  ''»™«"'e  &c  ,  dj! 
io'S^f'    ^^?P/•'^d  to  Lorf^t  b;otte*'?i;i"n  l^'  ^%'^»  arrested'and 
HL*^'u*'*L''**d  embarrassed.    Had  ipL       ^S''*  °*.  ^-e^ster,  but  got 
fi!?.,^?'*  $6000  8  year.    S Vet  ^h«  „„^*™  ?•  Reynolds  he  might  have 
and  dishonest  one  common  para£e  t.iTJ'^^^  ^""^d  give  the  honest 
tocle  of  unclean  birds  theWaven  wo^  /  W^i    What  ."strange  rS 
Castlereagh,  side  by  side  for  eJirj^S^r*'  ^fl  J^eynolds,  Armstronir.  i2d 


counttymen.    LordEdwatJmSS^^^ 


th«  carelessness,  for 
8  m  every  age  and 
ictors,  does  not  steel 
of  human  suffering, 
e  it  discourages  the 
id  generous  spirit  to 
r  Freedom's  banner, 
owed  perhaps,  like 
ed  family  surround- 
!rty  and  destitution 
JW  may  enjoy, 
cilybf  Dublin. 
m  ages  and  climes 
i  perhaps  cool  the 
ess  whose  services 
B'  liberty,  who  can 
md  Montgomeries, 
>n  br  other  bounty 
ion  of  the  press,  if 
Jf  adversity  in/the 
aple?         '     / 

tan  and  O'CoiineU 

low, 
low. 


D. 

duke,  by  Emelia 
Kichmond,  was 
nth  his  regiment 
erely  attached  to 
•  For  his  friend- 
nmission  in  the' 
tth,  1798,  during 
would  probably 
tary  skill, 
r  a  gallant  resis- 
.  added  to  hard 
d  lost  the  incal- 
'opular  military 
oppressors, 
on,  and  he  was" 
re  weeks  in  the 
miture  &c.,  de- 
as  arrested  and 
iinster,  but  got 
be  might  have 
ive  the  honest 
strange  recep- 
rmstrong,  and 


(BOHHODOBE  BIACXIONOUOH— CAFTAIN  BLAKEXET* 


/'. 


SH 


award  of  Madam  de  Genlis,  and  related  to  a  Brittsh  f?iinily„6f  rank.  (Seis 
Memoirs  of  the  Countess  de  Genlis.)  She  died  in  indig^«e  in  Pans,  Louis 
Phillippe,  with  whom  she  was  educated,  taking  no  mii£e  of  her. 

The  betrayer  of  his  lordship  and  the  Council  of  the  Union,  was  Thomas 
Reynolds.  Reynolds,  joined  the  Union,  wom^d  himself  mto  Lord  Edward 
Fitzgerald's  confidence,  was  a  delegate  for  JLeinstei,  treasurer  of  Kildare, 
went  to  a  frie&d,  and  for  500  guineas  at  fijrsif^aia;  a  promise  ot  5000  more,  au- 
thonzed  him  to  go  to  the  castle  and  tell  Castl^gh  that  the  Lemster  dele- 
gates were  to  meet  secretly  at  Oliver  Bondljl^n  the  12th  of  Ma|^  with 
their  papers,  to  organise  an  insurrection.  On  tEBt  memorable  nighte^thir* 
teen  delegates  were  there  arrested,  their  papers  seized,  the  day  of  Mfplt  as- 
certained, and  Messrs.  Emmet,  MacNevin,  Bond,  Sweetman,  and  the  Jack- 
sons,  laid  hold  of.  Lord  E.  Fitzgerald  and  Counsellor  Sampson  escaped. 
Reynolds  remained  unsuspected,  continued  to  disclose  all  he  could  to  the 
English  power,  and  received  from  the  secret  service  money  £1000,  September 
29S1;  other  £2000  Nov.  16th— on  January  19, 1799,  £1000— and  March  4th, 
£1000--also  June  14,  1799,  £1000— in  all,  £6000.  Another  informer  was 
Captain  Armstrdhg,  of -the  King's  County  militia.  These  arrests  Ofieated 
the  revolt  The  government  deferred  their  measures,  as  Gosford  and  Head 
did  in  Canada,  to  encourage  and  ripen  a  partial  outbreak,  and  then  shed 
oceans  of  the  blood  of  their  betrayed  and  injured  brethren.  Michael  Reynolds, 
a  worthy  Irishman,  warned  the  Union  agamst  Thomas,  and  woultfhave  kiUed 
him  had  they  permitted  it. 


•COMMODORE   MACDONO 


UGH. 


Cattain  Thomas  Macdonough,  the  hero  of  Lake  Champlam,  iPfef  Inah 
origin,  ilis  worthy  Presbyterian  ancestors  emigrated  from  Scotland  to  the 
north  of  Ireland  in  the  seventeenth  century,  to  avoid  the  persecuuons  of  the 
second  Charles,  and  his  profligate  court.  The  commodore's  father  was  a  na- 
tive of  Ireland,  and  an  officer  of  valor  and  deserved  distinction  in  the  war  of 
the  revolution.  The  victory  on  Lake  Champlain,  over  a  superior  opposing 
force,  decided  thewarintl^at  quarter,  and  stopped  and  scattered  Prevost  a 

14,000  men  for  ever.  ... ...       ,  ^  j  »  j 

Congress  thanked  the  commodore  for  his  skill  and  bravery,  and  presented 
him  a  medal  of  gold— New  York  also  thanked  him,  and  added  a  present  of 
-an  estate  of  lOOQ  acres  of  land.'  -   .    „.        1  •       u- v 

Well  they  might !  He  taught  England  a  lesson  on  Lake  Champlam,  which 
her  statesmen  will  not  soon  forget.  The  brilliant  exploits  of  the  war  of  1812, 
were  but  a  foretaste  of  what  might  have  been  expected  had  it  contmued ;  and 
will  make  British  lords  and  commons  cautious  how  they  provoke  a  quarrel' 
with  us,  now  that  our  numbers,  skill,  and  resources,  are  immensely  increased. 
Commodore  Macdonough  was  bom  in  the  state  of  Delaware,  but  waa 
brought  up  and  educated  in  New  England.  During  the  last  ten  or  twelve 
years  before  the  war  of  1812,  he  resided  in  Iljiddletown,  Connecticut,  where 
he  married  into  one  of  the  most  respectably  families  in  that  beautiful  village. 
The  next  morning  after  the  n^sof  his  splendid  victory  arrived  at  Middle- 
town,  he  M  a  son  bom.  He/was  a  youne  man  of  about  28  years  of  age 
when  he  gained  a  victory  on  the  lakes,  inteUigent,  modest,  enterprising,  vid 
signally  brave.  He  was  with  Decatur  at  Tripoli,^  and  volunteered  with  that 
gallant  offi66r  in  the  bold  ai^  successful  attack  on  the  frigate,  which  they 
boarded  and  afterwards  blewpp. 


I  against  Lord 

ith&ps  now,  in 

of  his  gallant 

aela,  wfaowaa 


CAPTAIN  JOHNSTON  BLAKELEY.     * 

Johnston  fit  AKELST,  a  captain  in  the  United  Sutea  Navy  during  the  war 
with  EngUnd  in  1812,  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  the  son  of  •&  imm\grant  to 


f^ 


u 


.•Nv 


!i.*- 
V^ 


CAPTAIN  JAMES  m'kEOW. 


Ilortli  Carolina.    He  entPrp^  tk-  „  . 

„        pomted  to  command  th?W?sp-frl?Khh  Ki^j^r'^'P'"?'^  '^  i^OO-was  ap. 

near  each  other— the  fitRt  R-i-^n  \  ,°^*'  "«  ^^11  m  with  four  Rn.l  ^^. 
«he  struc*  her  colors!  bu  hf  ^^1?"^  ^^*'"'  °^  ^^  g""«^  ^^ 7ough^  S 

stk  Ji^,?''^'  ^^«  AvonTeSrnst?aTer°&r^°°'''^'  -^^A^as 
nCSflf^'i^^''"'*™  Is'«.  and  has  ne?^^  «;n^«  k  ^^^t  Wasp  was  afterVard 
olina^CHiBred  his  orphan  chiJd  to  hn  L.     .  fin^  been  heard  of.    4North  Car 

perate  enga°gement\efweT"fh5*Sin^*P*'*^  '*"ri°g  the  late  des- 

ell,  ,s  the  theme  of  unSiI  nrais^  !a  '^i?  Wa«P.  W  which  he  glorioSv 
legs  carried  away  by^  bairhp^E'  ^^'^'  ^*^"»g  Pa«  of  the  calves  of  S 
^ade;him  sink  f^r  ti^^  Siel4w!s  0^^^^  '''"'If''  ''^'^  thighs,  which 
prevai  on  him  to  go  below'-  a^T.  °°  '''^  Hn«s,  but  no  entretties  couM 
ers,  with  a  full  determSaZn  ^m^^JV-''^  ^'^"^^  »>«  ^^aded  the  bSrd- 
.  tempt  While  climbing  into  the  Sni^"  antagonist,  or  perish  in  th^at- 
etrated  the  ton  of  hi«  ct»ii  ^'^^PSgmg,  two  balls  from  the  Wasn'sin«t 

hand  on  his  &hLd?tKher"coS°"/  l'""'"^^  ^^'  ^^.^^1X7^ 
gaimed,  'My  God!  C God -^ an^rn^1^ v'^"*''*^*"?  ^«  sword,  he  ex! 
Reindeer  was  surrendered  by  thecanS''*  I'^t''  °?  ^'^  ''^  deck  The 
degree  being  in  a  state  to  exLute  ^hem.f«  ^''t'H'  »«  individual  of  a  highe? 
deer's  men  was  woundeH  «n  t^  1     ?  1  °»«ancholy.  office.    6ne  of  the  R »;« 

passed  through  K3e?a^5rl1.^^^'^'°^°'^-    ^bouthalf  of  the  ramrod 

«icated,  it  bLme  Ssa%?o  slw  i  off  T''""''^'    ^/^«  ^'  coJld  K 

Z  'k  '°  "  ["•'  '^'^y  of  doi7g  we?p.  "  ''^  ^'^'^  *o  «°«  of  his  temples.    The 

May  the  sons  oKeCckwS  ^iT"'"' S"^  °'^'>- 
Where  Sarsfield  the  brave  onn/'w^^"*' ?'"^^^ 

ft T  «■"''■" ''""d  all  inVadera  to  chase 
From,heflowerofaliislands,01dES;Srfe^,  . 


m. 


\ 


CAPTAIN  JAMES  M'KioN. 


lj^pa?S5ia^^^^^  was  stationed 

to  the  royalists.    «  After  this  order  had  been  n?«?''if  °«»«'ed  to  be  abandon^ 

S-  SnT  Ik.V'''*"^  ^P^^^"*'  deliverid  at  the  ^^0^^*^^'  l?^^'  Charl2 
«;  ^""'Vh.^l*-"  ?f  ™y  «tory,  thouchrsuhnrS'!2?-°!;  *^«  Friendly  Sons 


with  twenty-five  men,  promisin«r  to  rilffn^^k    >  "^  demanded  leave  to  remain 


^gyfoMfsc  granted.    With  fhih  «r.  .  1  "^         i.^"^  attempt.   Jfig, 
Jolto  wort,  of  .ilanSi™,  T™  ;■'"  i,'°J  'J«  P""  "?«  P'»'ectedS,W 


CAPTAIN  JANES'  U'SEOU. 


-4^ 


25 


Jan  in  1 800-was  ap. 
es  ship  Rein(Jeer,  June 
leans  killed  of  wound- 

_  ten  sail  of  merchant- 
rthem,  full  of  valua. 
in  with  four  sail,  not 
8  guns,  he  fought  and 
IS  another  enemy  was 

!  Wasp  was  afterward 
aeard  of.  4North  Car- 
pense  of  the  state,  as 
him  their  thanks  and 
leer. 

,and  Reindeer,  given 
iea  of  the  perils  of  a 

daring  the  late  des- 
which  he  gloriously 
of  the  calves  of  his 
1  both  thighs,  which 
t  no  entreaties  could 
5  headed  the  board- 
Jr  perish  in  the  at- 
tne  Wasp's  top  pen- 
chin.    Placing  one 
.  his  sword,  he  ex- 
is  own  deck.    The 
ividual  of  a  higher 
One  of  the  Rein- 
t  half  of  the  ramrod 
fore  it  could  be  ex- 
his  temples.    The 

ten  will  they  fight 


£ihannon, 
nnoD— 


»y»  was  stationed 
to  be  abandoned 
sa,  (says  Charles 
^e  Friendly  Sons 
lecame  indignant 
the  Irish  warrior 
1  leave  to  remain 
-  attempt,    Hi8_ 


R!  SJ?^  *°.  ^'?  grave,  not  unh(!nored^t  unrewarded  ;  ^nd  left  to  ser^e 
thnf  on.f  !^  "k""*?  "*  *°°'^«'  department/a  son,  (John  M'Ke^h.)  from  wS 
that  country  has  often  received,  and  will  I  doubt  not,  often  aS  recdvl  d^S 

tier  of  onr  ^.tZ^^  gallant  IrisKman  who  successfully  dtefended  thi  bZ- 
tier,,x)l  our  State  when  assailed  by  in  immensely  superior  force  j  and  whoT 
mg  left  as  the  inheritor  of  his  virtues  and  hotioraJle  nS,  oHe  distSjiS: 
ed  representjitive  in  Congress,  John  M'Keon."  /  '7«  "'strnguisU- 

the°edUor  from  S'n-      "''•*"/•  °'^  l^'  ^^l^,  I  fmd  a  better  addressed  to 

L^l^\"h^=r  BToJtvtESd'!-'  "•^^^^  ^^  ^^^^^^  fctuetsZ 

.  "  On  the  13th  day  of  Octoberinst.,  we  wereordered  tobereadv  foractinn  nt 
frnl^'ft'^f  u  '^^  "^'r ^-  ^'  *»^f  P'^st  five;  threfcSn  wXdiSmS 
fv^™^  ^^Tt^  °-?  "^^^  °PP°"'«  side  of  the  river  at  us.  whenwVimmediS 
ly  commenced  the  fire  from  ourfott.    The  detachmenUf  CdSn  M'Sn  v 

nn  !k!  °f.«7«V^'^'u°V^''°*'  directed  against  Newark,  opposite  the  fort  •  sSd 
Th?^i'*"^  "  fourth.shot,  we  discovered  , that  the  courXuse  was  on  fi?e 
The  magazme  at  Fort  George  was  once  on^fire.  but  extinguished  bv  the  elt 
my's  engme.    The  firing  continued,  without  intermission  on  ehhe? side^  for  mw^ 

S  XJe  °bm?JS  skiff  IZTJ"'  ^f  P^-  ?*'^.«°°'  *»  '^'  sourSLS! 
oi  wnose  Dravery,  skill  and  good  conduct  in  the  act  on,  too  much  cannot  h^ 

S  r'?"""«'^  »^  fi"^*  ^ith  great  eflTect,  considering  the  size  of  7e  piece  beine 
Sm  k''  P""""^"'  T'^  our  defence  was  shivered  almosrinto  splSs  2 
would  have  contmued  it  still  longer;  but  the  enemy  commencL The  £e 'i^?h 
bombshells  on  the  fort,  and  having  lost  two  men-by  th?b«r3  ifVtwehS 
pound  cannon  placed  on  the  north  block-house-and  beinrieft  with  onlvVJ^ 
S!^l"~"ir°'?'""*''*°?  officer,  Capt.  Leonard,  orde^fd  a  reTriatfrJmSe" 
f h^h  t  "^^r  tha«  «P"'«  *  handful  of  men  to  the  danger  of  shells  aSJjns! 
which  we  had  no  defence.    The  retreat  was  ordered  to  the  wocS^  in  thf  reaJ 


pt  Up  80  w<nidi-- 

s  force,  were  de- 
otected,  500,000 
frontier  relieved 
»of  theenfc.ny. 


utel^lrr''    WeWeto-;e^;i,wUliSd1r'eL^^^^^^^^ 

£r  tS^     °^T„*'rP''°yi^«*''«h«'*  *o  Lewiston  on  the  nigh}  of  the  iSi 
mst,  who  were  killed,  wounded,  and  made  prisoners  "  "   / 

..T  ■      9?"}^°^  orders.    Extract.    Fort  Niagara  Oc/  I'l  lAlP 
Keo?i- Tn  '^"^^T"^''  satisfaction  the comSiig office^ Jfstcicapt  M'- 
?ere  rtnni|PP'°^''°"r!  ^"^^'^  ^P''"«^  and  judicious  condu«  during  The  se- 
Thlrfir T^""!  *™™  f^o«  George  and  the  batteries  on  the  opposite  side^ 

tkV  'ii*^*-"'*  this  post  for  seven  hours  on  the  13th  inst/  ^^ 

Pan? 'rfr^L^M"^''*^  Evening,  (March  29th,  1823.)  in  X^  42d  year  of  hisase 


"^^u'^uK^^  was  jiimsciran  amiable  instanST 

Vock  so^iS  rof  hSth'^nr'? -'k  "u^  ''*"  °!.^"^«"'  °^  »»»«  Hi»«^™ia»  and  Sham- 
KsTwESLSl  P   M'Kein  ^.T"^  "  pesident^  and  also  the  frieSS 
*"»  "fwiner,  jjiejii,  r.  m  Jteon,  are  requested  to  attend  his  faaerel.'* 


i^'. 


SQ 


THOMAS  UOOBE. 


THOMAS    MOORE. 


f  ward  called  to  Ih^  bal ^?I  Kel  L  £w  ""^.^''"^^^^ 

^  very  pleasinff  writer-^dll  nf tT/!!A.rF>"'^.  . »?  '«  «»  elegant,  able,  and 


attachments-^nd  true  to  liberty  and  fhp  I™^!S^"^'^^'??  "» ^'^  feelings  and 

,  rous,  including  Irish  meUSeras  LaCSh''  h"  u^^  ^"'''^  «'«  »«™e- 

Life  of  Lord  Byron,  a  translation  of  A  nn!^        ?w'  V**^>>story  of  Ireland,  the 

For  his  melodies  aloAeheTclived  ttff^^^^^^^^ 

hundred  dollars  a  year  for  life     H^  in„i!  '^°  ^^T'^  "'^  »^o  thousand  four 

British  Parliamentior  Li  J/k^^^  a  seat  in  the 

self,  hke  Southey,  too  poor  in  a  nernninrv  cl       .  *«  honor,  considering  him- 

Pendent  part  there,    pfom  the  uSdoril?  M^^lV*''*  an  effective  anf  inde- 

of  l400doUar8  a  year-he  is  a  rSeiler  if  J^f^^^^^^ 

counted  a  good  whig  and  true  to  the  Jirtv    V"'?**'^«  "0*.  an^  generally  ac- 

ned  a  Miss  Dyke  mSny  yea^  sdJe  f««  JuV*^^  r  "^T ^  Y^^  °^  age, mar- 

mg  of  his  days  in  ease  aKSt*        ^  "^*  ^"""''y'  «"^  «P^««J«  tffe  even- 

thaVoSSShe^KeT'w^  ^'*  Mooreamore  powerful  agitator 
tifi.1  and  musiiarveSes  Ir^wriS^^  fSmTlriK  '''V  "  ^Jm  Moore¥beaSI       I 
ry  Irish  brain.     Thev  harP  mnr»  J^™  »«» /"sn  heart,  and  stamped  on  eve-       ^ 
speeches,  which  wa&  S,tSn  whC^hV'°  °»°^V''«°  O'Connell's  longest 

«om.din?on.from  geneffi  toge^^^io*'^  T^^^^  ^"?^''"''  "«  ^'S 

dangerous  agitator  than  lo'Pnnn^fli^      V  ,^°°™as  Moore  is  in  fact,  a  more 

tabll  homeTepig  S  wTsf  £%l'f^^^^^^^  ^"'^'ly  i»  Ws'comfor! 
heart  of  the  Irish,  ^d  he  LS  to  bittka^iS^f?^  1'^'*''"^'  *?  »^«  '"""st 
sighs,  with  enth«^iastic  ble^ii^and  r««L^-rK  l^^®  ®?™'»  ^^tl*  tea"  and 
poet    O'Connell  fights  in  tfafSni^w'  ^^*  {^e  voice  and  verse  of  the 

«de.^.Com.ell.Kreraid%ThrMSw-2^  ^'^^  ^^"''^  ''y  his 

who  now  stand  at  the  head  of  all  mo«l  «?«^  ?  ^  'J^^  S'^At  triumvirate 
his  own  peculiar  post  Thpv  fnrlh^k  ?»?vement8  m  Erin,  each  occupying 
rock.^hrch  isTeKt  aJd  bLSSJ^onTe'^lT? ^  "'  '^"^  wond^usTham! 
to  which  Erin's  people  lJokXwKh?oitaffa^^^^  -"P  °^  Irishtame,  and 
were  bom  in  the  wuth  of  IrelaJd  and  iS  thf  „t?  i.k''T'"5^/?2«-  >^"  'hree 
nenrnJahh^^euinKer^^riJitJ-e^ 

view.W^JSrr^?4ro7^^^^^  ^''  ?r«  f«'*  disaii'i^inted  on  a  near\ 

•  frie;id.d/trj^n^rN.i7«;Jn"t|,S^  Inalefter'S 

you  and  me.  mvdear  HHil.L,n  -»  .Y  ^"'.fO"*»  he  says,  "As  tdpoUtics.  between 

Jponthat  hf/lTbS""F?A7SoSri*^^^^^ 
Ae  subject,  the  evil  tendency  of  demimcThw  hpfe  to -thmk  seriously  on 
every  <fay.-  America  has  completeSSJ^Ktion     S  t^"^  ?^  *"»."  *°  «»« 
latent  spark  of  republicanism  witlKv  3  ??'  .^ J^^Te  still  lurked  one 
a  system  in  this  country  has  fortmeSCSp?!  *'»'»'™t"8r  effects  of  such 

the  feet  of  a  Mogul  ortta. S  be^Tffi?!  "'k'?''  ^  """"''^  "^^h"  ki^ 
iticians."  ^^  '  "™  °®  ™®  MK«M)f  such  ignorant,  arrogant  pol- 

chS^S^Lciisisrr^^ 

«to  express  Irish  svmnaSv  with  tS«lS,  'J?  R'***  "jeetmg  was  held  in  Dublin 
Jiuis  Sr  WestmeaTCK riiS^A^*^^,*'^^  TheM^ 

m  these  woid*:       *  '  *  conclusion  of  Mr.  Moore'b  speech  wat 

bmis.  and  therefore.  ^^^^7^^^^^ 


ii 


HICHAEI.  KELLT. 


97 


il  writer,  was  bom  in 
ilegp  there,  and  after- 
»n  elegant,  able,  and 

Castlereagh,  Eldon, 
in  in  his  feelings  apd 
fis  works  are  nume- 
stoiy  of  Ireland,  the 
)f  Sheridan,  &c  &c. 
if  two  thousand  four 

him  a  seat  in  the 
or,  considering  him- 
n  effective  and  inde- 
ell  deserved  pension 
t,  and  generally  ac- 
t  yeais  of  age,  mar-  , 
nd  spends  the  even- 

e  powerful  agitator 
Tom  Moore's  beau-       I 
id  stamped  on  eve- 
P'Connell's  longest 
rrish_  bard  are  still 
:e  is  in  fact,  a  more 
letlv  in  his  comfbr. 
ends  to  the  inmost 
ron  with  tears  and 
e  and  verse  of  the 
who  stands  by  his 
great  triumvirate 
n,  each  occupying 
B  wondrous  sham- 
of  Irish  Tame,  and 
rgaze.    All  three 
Mthe  sea— O'Con- 
jfl  Tom  Moore^in 

tpbinted  on  a  near  ^^ 
t?8.  In  a  letter  to 
J  politics,  betweep 
ybe  less  that's  said 
hink  seriously  on 
re  obvious  to  me 
i  Still  lurked  one 
>g  effects  of  such 
vould  rather  kiss 
uit,  arrogant  pol- 

ended  in  the  ez- 

Bs  held  in  Dublin  j 

M»ce.    The  Mar.  I 

}re's  speech  was  | 

iOBgjCoincideii„, 
s  moment,  filled 
ited  as  men,  and 
ralty  from  their 
!  been  bjr  mizing 


ing  only  for  themlTves-a^nd  while  n^.^^^^^  '''"^  °*^  kings-the  reign- 

tion  long  acquaiZd  wi'th  frerSitm1nn„  *^'"i  ^"'  ^TV**  '"'«  ^'^^  *  »»- 

look  down  with  necXr  nL«nrf  :  .*  frf  */='^  "P°"  ^^'"^  <^  bimsel?  must 

assertinrtKEa^Sv feS.^ ' V?k *  °^ '"*°' ''«»'»' "^^  enlightened  man. 

man  hasVmpreSd  upln  him^^^^^^^  'Tv,^^  ^S**  the  Almighty  Work! 

.    craft  or  tyrijinv  that  w™'»^'^-f-    '^  ^^  '  '''»«^'»"  of  priest- 

his  Mairp?  flnj  V-  *"*'  ^9«Ia  aeface  its  lineaments,  and  doinff  iustice  both  tn 

cSenW  tt  hlf  '  ''^T^»''S  fr««  and  undebased  befofi  the  worfd* 

hi8melodie?,futwhrwSdl.^r*ri^^T'^*^'^  on  him  by  Mr.  Moored 
truth  Ireland's  Wa^Hwhnfir  ^°ri'^^  ^*?f .°°«  error,  the  bard  who  is  in 
try.  the  m^^S^UeuliTc^'&'^eT'^'  ^"  *'«  *°^«'  °^"  ^»  -«»■ 

I  might  Bail  thee  with  prouder,  with  happier  brow 
.  Bn»>o""  could  Hove  thee  more  deeply  than  nwf« 

vi^X&  Sl&^1h?;£^r'  ^^  Sloperton  Cottag^  near  De- 

he  w^uld  represem  thek  in  the  Brhis?  Pa  lifrnlm  f  1°"  f  ^r"""^  »»>« 
a  letter  to  a  friend :      "  ^  Pariiament,  he  thus  described  him  in 

.n:^;i:^dr2^^£^3'X;,^^,J«^^         covered  with  books^ 
little  dfstance,  and  thSiKSf  ^S^man  l^^^^^^^  ^P*"  »» » 

something  in  the  whole  cut  of  ff  tX  ES^  •  fife  T^  ^"^ 
without  an  actor's  affectation  "easv  a,  ivS^ '  r'^^f^  "s  ^^  actor,  but 


MICHAEL  KELLY.    . 
ftth^^jSr^ta'^'S.™  *  Ij.r'l'™  l"™  ta„ Dublin  in  1762,  wh«.  ki. 

them,  of  Monk  Lewis's  "  Casrie  SnecS.  »  «  w™5  n°  *"^  TP  Pl«««!.  *n»onsr 
Also  for  "  Blue  Beard  "  hr  Poor^f  n  i         ^^  Demon,"  and  "  Venoni/* 

— •      '^^^     -      «"■"'*.    iiy  "Hon. -John  .^Snpncerand  himseff— Col^ 

The  Young  Hussar" 
e— "GustavusVasa** 


1- 


»  .  «"«'  '""•■"'■-MTO  KAHSiY-OEOROE  ClIKTOirr 

«e,e  publi^ed  in  1826,  o^^LrjardiateS'." jJ^ST    ''"' 


i^- 


\ 


«f   ^^-'^'"'^-.OENEBAL   SULLIVAN.        ■     '' 

.he  re.„l.  iT  774  hV«a7i'„°c'SJ?e5!^\'ffiA°  Si'SS'E  "f!''"" 
gress,  on  the  9th  of  Anmiet  rfrit  ^Ja  «eciea  a  luaior-Oreneral  by  Con- 

.  imerican  army  to  ^TbaltlJs  rf^^^^^  "^ht  division/of  the 

At  the  latter  &e  eamlstirenfre^telwSi,  f"^^'°^'  «°'*-  G«nnantown. 
seized  the  bridle  orKo^  Xn  thTrS.fAn^'  '°  ?^°'^  ^"i»^«'  "»«* 
He  was  three  years  PresidLiItnf  ^fJT  \-^^  °^"/'y  surrounded  him. 
States  District  Ee  tS    ni.d^A^^^"^''''^  afterwards  United 

Banks  of  th^e  MaS  bo  e  teTriEmil^^' T^^^^  ^'ifJ^  ^^W^^'  "^^^  '^^ 
Sullivan  was  sent  in  1779,  with  about  fi2Snc„L  ^'°P  ^^T  *J5.'««!.  General 
ton,  Poor,  Hand,  and  MaxxJ^ll  who  LvLtlnT  t**  i?*°'  ""^er  Generals  Clin- 
Rangers)  under  Brandt  th^Rm^rc  r  Jit  ^  i'^o  '°^i*?^  «°**  B"''«l»  (Buyer's 
fore  them,  destrbyS^LylnSv^^^^  ^^em*  be- 

eveiythingthatcbuld  beLefS  to  thir^^  ^^T  '^*"'*'  ^<'"««'  "o™'  ««»<» 
resJt  waf  an  effectuif^rreSL^V^^^^^^^  The 


/ 


/ 


•DAVID  RAMSAY. 


Teln^h&"'^n^ldl^&''tA,  ^°^>}?;f «"'  ^««  ^om  in  Lancaster. 
Ireland  Dr/fi^msay  prove/^^^^  ^Se  Snd  7^1^  '^^"V  ^"™«/  fr"™ 
in  the  legislature  and  executive  councH  nf  sSfp  °    -^  revolutiop  of  1776, 

He  was  sent  to  the  contSal  S^rL  fn  nsa  Z^'^'^'^'T} -"^'i^  ^''  P^"" 
body  for  a  year  '"*«="'»».  congress  m  1782,  and  presided  m  that  august 

South  Carohna.  annearpd  in  itqa     tu^  -d  •••  lVi      '    °^''"    '"^  sketch  of 

tually  proscribed^;S.8  accost  If^L^Tu  ?°^«™'°«°!  «  one  time  vir- 
who  sold  it.    ''".'^'"^y  s^»c«o«nt  of  the  revolt,  by  prosecutions  against  those 


;*m/aJOR. GENERAL  GEORGE  CLINTON. 


/• 


New  York 


^    _  overnor  ot 
He  was  President  of  the 


a^SSSSSrSSgsaS 


CINTOW. 


ressed  the  audienee, 

ihed  in  America,  the 
able  persons.  They 
at  Margate. 


&.N.  ' 

es  of  the  American 
1  Sullivan,  a  teacher 

0  Governor  SuUivaq 
n  Hampshire  before 
jor-General  by  Gon- 
ght  division  of  the 
,  and.  Germantown. 
exj)ose  his  life,  and 
rly  surrounded  him, 

1  afterwards  United 
Qilitary  nature  was 
the  Oneidas,  bribed 
lied  perhaps  by  a 
BofNew  York  and 
hawk  and  scalping-  - 
d  could  take  effect, 
rry  Vajley,  and  the 
leit  careef.  General 
nder  Generals  Clin- 
nd  British  (Bmler's 
m,  drove  them  be- 

J,  horses,  com,  and 
could  do  so.    The 
jer  injury. 


bom  in  Lancaster, 
rorthy  farmer  from 
revolutiop  of  1776, 
and  with  his  pen. 
ided  in  that  august 

cs,  §11  27  vols.  In 
itory  pf  South  Car- 
States,  up  to  1808. 
».  His  sketch  of 
It  at  one  time  vir« 
tions  against  those 


ITON.  . 


ovemor  of 
IS  President  of  the 
constitution  of  the 
X  firm,  honest,  oa- 


BB,IGADIBS-GEREBAL  WdtLFK  TONE. 


89 


/• 


pable  friend  of  civil  and  religious  freedom.    General- Clintoii  was  the  firit  rpn- 
1S19     wt  ?'i   '^n?*  1739,  and  died  at  Washington  on  the  20th  of  AnriL 

RpS^k"*' S!'"!'""  ^s.»h«  youngest  son  of  his  father.  a\d  educated  bv* 
Scotch  presby.erian  mmister-he  studied  law  ^with  cLf^ticeSmitW 
•f  ml'h  rrT** "}  ^''.^  «°»««.  was  appointed  cl5k  of  Uls  erTorty  b^ame 
adSt  HP  w  '"'°"'^'  parliament,  and  sat  in  the  congress  of  n76  at  Phu! 
adelphja.    He  was  present  at  the  declaration  of  independence  which  had  I.i. 

te  t"airie  field'^  be"liS  ^"r"'"'  a^rigad^rgTneXftfarm?,  he 
nf  ^Hk  tt  J     •'e'o'e  the  mstrument  was  transcribed  for  the  siffnaturea 

f?9oTp  *f;  .?"''"  '''^  "'^  constitution  of  tKe  State  of  New  yS,  ApS 
iJi?h'«  hCf^°'*"  S°^«"or.    His  jjallant  defence  of  Fort  mSiX 

h'Sliy\totJi:^?S;EL\r^^°^^^ 

..^fr.r'L^u"^""  "^^^  the  friend  and  confidant  of  Washington,  and  was  de. 
Em  t'^  ^*"}r'  J.***  ""Y'^^  ^"««*  *o  command  the  armies  of  the  TeTdutiot 
^?chv  LT^,'^-  ^'^^^^^^^Y'    «e  was  hostifi  both  to  moSy  S 

nave  been  Inendly  to  his  ejevation  to  the  presidency  o^the  Union.   ^ 


BRIGADIER. GENERAL   WO^FE  TONE./ 

prison  of  that  .9ity  on  4he  19th  S  NoveS.  ITOS,  hS^^^^^^  > 

rdative,nor  fnend  near  him.  His  efforts  in  IrdM^d?F«Sc J  wd  AmwKi 
S^'i"''  »««''»?«» "ssociations,  schemes,  invasions,^  to  werySheJ^ 
™nfrK  ""^  ^^  which  vEnglish  domination  might  be  got  rid  oJSere  tliJS 

SSS  Sfshmen'  IZ^t  T^'T^.  *  ^*^«''  ""^  pll^S  the  aSaSon  ?f 
uniieu  irishmen,  a  most  formidable  instrament  for  revolt    and  npr<ni»lpj 


m^Jll^ul'^^  •"  ^"fi^''*  govemment-butthe  latter  uiticiMtaliS^ 
feiitenQe-.be  died  bj  a  wouid  bimaelf  bad  infUctedT      ^         '^ 


'I. 


so 


9BI0ADIEB-GENEBAL  WOLFK  TOBE. 


parSZf:?  MrC'ste'''  ^^  "^^'"«"«'  ^^'^  °«'k«  Allowing 

tory,  once  that  of  history ;  and  the  speLh  he  ddiverei  frnm  th  ^T-  ""^  ?'^" 

During  his  attendance  on  the  nns  of  court  of  T  niuJnn  k-T  i    j    •^'         .  . 

ofcomparing  the  state  of  thafenglish  Sn  wkhl^t  nf  k" '^  opportunitiw 

ceiv^g  all  the  advantages^ ^iS«r.nd  the  ,5"..°  .^TA'  °   P^T 


S^nt  itStS^Lgt  rrS^  '^^  f  radatlonTV  ^£ 
Uie  .jnaind^r  of  hi^lMfe  S^IT^^S^-^^ 

is  reftira  from  the  Temnlp.  L  wi-ot^  i  :„  fi„:lr*- . .  . 


Ihis  work  was  republished  by  the  Northern  Whiir  ri„K  o«j        ^      • . 
Hfe  was  complimented  ^Iso  by  the  whifrs  oi"  TJnHTn     Tk»  ,  j 

poJr&d'rSi^JJ^i^ehin^'^^^^^^^^  ?^'-''  '«  »'-"d  to-P- 

favorite  question  of  sepaCni^;fdri7ofc^^^  ^"'''^hed  h^ 

Pathplics."  a  work  of  eTaSi^^y  iit  V      ^'^ument  on  behalf  of  the 

CaVhai;^T?rfal^as1h'e^Vt^^^^^  «^'J"«-'^'^  ^"h  anyone 

ofV'^ir^^ngetfep^S'^^  disinterested  efforr 

he  was  inffted  to  becre  sUetaJ^^^^^^^^^  m  their  power  to  bestow 

hundred  pounds,  whkh  he  accepted      ^""  ^^""tfee.  with  a  salary  of  two 

anf  hroUtTJfhe'call^lTodvt,??''^^^  ""  ""'^  °^  "''"«'  ^J-tinction, 
selves  men  of  transcLdamtLnts  -^n^^  ^^'^  "°'  YT''"^  "^^S  them^ 

they  presented  h  to  the  kiig  '  ""*  **'  accompanied  their  delegates  when 

huLtdTiP"''''"'""  '°'^  ^^"^  *''"'  thanks-a  gold  medal,  and  fifteen 

neSTK^rStJdtTh^bS^^^^^^^  body  of  his  countrymen.  hi« 

and  Dissenters  of  the  Nor  h  In  tSfhf^  "'  *""/"?  ^u^^T^«°  ""^  Catholics 
lH>Ui  parties,  and  succeS^ott^^^^^^^^  by  the  enlightened  of 

the  wicked  absurdS  of  E  SSdU,r7*"°"'  ^e  rallied  them  both  upon 
future  union-showLg  that  tfriesSor^rV'^e  ^^^^^  P'ospectsfof 
franchise  was  the  best  seJur  v  nf  nS      f  ^^"^  Catholics  to  the  elecWe 

«ib?ei'of'ihe  S"  of  LTpft'^Ilf-  delegates  with  therpetition  on  he 
of  Secretary^oSe  ,?Am^^^^^^^  he  resfg^^ed  ,,i,  office 

farther  ,omplimnnt^thi^"h«"wr>;^.nt^^^^ 


■-  ^^--"^j  »vtcu  iiim  xneir  tnanks.  wiflh.ji 
pounqs,  for  services  which  they  ^id  S 
uneration  over-nav ''  '      «     uu 


.i*- 


ves  ns  ,fhe  following 

)unty  of  Kildare— his 
mise  of  such  talents, 
t  fortune  his  parents 

i  earljr  and  eminently 
off  the  prize  of  ortj- 
rom  the  chair,, whiBn 
the  societj.  "*    , 

he  had  opportunities 
of  his  own  ;  of  pei^- 
idation  of  a  colonial 
'vemed  him  through 
igth  a  sacrifice.  ' 
te  his  first  pamphlet, 
declared  his  princi- 
tory ;  I  am  addicted 

iJlub,  and  read  with 
mself,  wbich  he  did, 

They  proposed  put- 
d  him  professionally 

nd  is  bound  to  sup- 
penly  broached  his 
snt  oh  behalf  of  the 

minted  with  any  one 
itulions  had  created 
rjend  and  love  each 

disinterested  effdrr 
'  power  to  bestow : 
^ith  a  salary  of  two 

'  liberal  distinction, 
utiDg:  among  them- 
leir  delegates  when 

I  medal,  and  fifteen 

lis  countrymen,  his 
ween  the  Catholics 
the  enlightened  of 

y  refotm^that  of 
ed  them  both  upon 
i^PPy  prospects,  of 
ics  to  the  elec^ve 
and  how  insignifi* 
ion!  I 

ir  petition  on  ihe 
resigned  his  office 
eir  thanks.  wiai.a     _ 
ich  they  said  "no 

at  Havre,  France, 
(een  permitted  to 
ias  inhis  pocket-> 


TVlLLrAM  MICHAEL  BTlt^. 


31 


^•esented  himself  to  the  Minister  of  Wat,  who  referred  hira  to  General 
^larke,  the  son  of  an  Irishman,  Tone  could  scarcely  speak' one  word  of 
French,  yet  he  went  to  Camot,  and  persuaded  ih'e  French  government  to  send 
the  great  General  Hoche,  15,000  French  troops,  50,000  stand  of  arais,  and  artil- 
lery, to  invade  Ireland.  O^ving  to  a  storm  and  Grouchy's  raisnianuaement,  the 
invasion  failed.  In  1797  he  persuaded  France  to  send  another  expedition  to 
Tid  Irish  liberty,  but  Fulton  had  not  then  his  steamboajs  in  use,  dltd  it  failed 
His  third  effort  was  also  attended  to  by  France,  but-  Humbert  its  general  was 
fas  1 ;  Tone  was  taken.  His  conduct  before  the  Eni^lish  Court  iVLirtial  was- 
truly  heroic— he  defended  himself  with  manly  fineness,  and  gloried  in  the 
part  he  had  acted.  "Into  the  service  of  tiia  Frenrli  republic,"  said  this  vir- 
tiious>high-iEitided  patriot,  fl  quote  Belsiiam,]  "I  ori£ri„aHv  enterwl  with  the 
view  of  fserving  my.  countrv  From  that  inutive  I  have  encountered  the  toils 
and  terrors  of  the  held  ol"  l)utlle  ;  I  have  braved  thi;  dangers  of  the  sb,  cov- 
ered with  the  triumphant  fleets  of  the  power  I  opposed  ;  1  have  sacrificed  my 
prospects  m  life ,v I  hiiye  courted  poverty;  I  have  left  my  wife  unprotected, 
and  my  children  fatherless.  After  doing  this  for  what  L  thought  a  good  cause, 
:t  is  but  little  that  I  die  for  it.  In  such  a  cause  as  this  siiccess  is  eyervthins. 
I  have  attempted  that  in  which  Washington  succeeded  and  Kosciusko' failed. 
What  awaits  me  I  am  ayvare  of,  but  I  scorn  to  supplicate  or  complain.  What- 
ever I  have  written,  spoken,  or  acted,  in  relation  to>this  country,  and  its  con- 
nexioa  with  Great  Britain,  which  I  conceived  to  be  the  bane  of  its  prosperity 

u^'^L  *^°7'  ^^^  ^^  """'  ''^^'^y  ^°  ™^^*  ^^^  consequence.  Having  sustained 
a  high  rank  in  the  French  service,  I  only  wish,  if  the  court  possesses  such  a 
power,  that  they  will  award  me  the  death  of  a  soldier."    This  request  was 

refused  by  the  Lord  Lieutenant,,  and  ... the  pure  spirit  of 

Ireland's  noblest  son  ascended  to  heaven,  to  plead  at  the  bar  of  Omnipotence 
jor  the  land  he  loved,  and  await  in  patience  tjie  almighty  fiat  yet  to  go 
lorth,  that  Hibemia's  sorrows  and  sufferings  are  at  en  end,  and  thatJ*he  yoke 
of  the  tyrants  of  the  earth  shall  oppress  her  no  more.  7 

Sir E.  L.  Bulwer  admits  that  "two  thirds  of  the  army  of  Great Bri4in  are 


Irish"— and  Mr.  Tone  explains  why  this  is  so—"  the  armf 'of En"girndiMHP^ 
nisery  of  Ireland"— or,  as  the  Duke  of  Richmond  rerfarked 


ported  by  the  misery „.,  _  ^...,^  „.  x»v^.w.i„iu  .ciuariteu 

when  Lord  Lieutenant,  « a  high-priced  loaf  and  low  wages  are  the  king's 
b^st  Recruiting  Sergeants."  Had  the  Mutineers  at  the  Nore,  adds  Sir  Jonah 
Barnngton,  chosen  to  carry  the  B»*tstrtieet  into  an  Irish  port,  no  power  could 
have  prevented  them,  and  had  the  insurrection  been  begun  it  is  probable  they 
would  have  done  so.  IVansfer  the  Irish  in  the  BritiA  fleew  to.l'rance,  said 
.Mr.  Grattan,  and  where  is  the  British  Navy  ? 


.  WILLIAM  MICHAEL  BrRNE. 

Thr  gentleman  was  hanged  at  Dublin,  on  Wednesdav,  July  aOth,  1798,  for 
the  ollence  of  being  a  United  Irishman,  on  the  oaths  of^"paid  and  periured  in- 
lornftfS.  He  was  a  fine  youth,  and  but  one  year  married— juries  organized— 
escape^impossible.  The  people  often  forget  and  desert  their  truest  friends— 
when  Jesus  was  on  earth  they  cried,  "crucify  him,  crucify  him  !"  Not  so  the 
r/^no  Jl^  and  powerful.  Reynolds,  the  belrayer,  had  from  them,  $200,000,' with 
^10i),000  to  his  family.  This  apathy  of  the  people  is  one  of  the  most  effec- 
tual arguments  -used  by  the  friends  of  oppression  to  those  they  wish  to  decoy. 
Ihey  say— «« How^tarely  is  it  that  the  people  are  faithful  to  those  who  risk  ftll 
for  their  good !"  . ' 

The  day  bcfc^e  this  noble  young  Irishman  was  eTecutpIl,  tbp  TCnprlisl.  an- 


ihormesmuUBim,  Offeted  hima^e  paVdon  if  he  would slj^^^iiiM^ 
tha^  Lord  Edward  Fitzgerald  had  urged  him  to  join  the  insurrection— but  (see 
Pieces  of  Irish  History,  p.  149)  "when  the  proposal  was  made  known  to  him, 
he  spurned  it  with  abhorrence."    And  it  is  the  Byrnes  and  the  Fitzgerald* 
that  the  tories  of  America  wotild  banish  if  they  dared. 
Thomas  Beynolds  and  Artluq;  M'Guinness,  or  Guinness,  of  PubliP,  hiMliag 


.  •  V' 


^ 


■\ 


,ootosn  Attttr, 

nent  in  that  line-he  is  referrpH  tn  in  L!f        ^  been  employed  on  this  conti* 

Mr.  Byme  was  21  or  nS  21  vp-rfn'^r  ^^'^^  ^^  pa'l«anient. 
for  the  cUe  of  loving  KLrtti  bet A«^l!r"^^'1  ''J^  '''^^^  "^^^^ritf 
Seward)  with  a  ^egref  of  couTgeVrta^te^^^^  °**^  ^''  '^'^  (•*y» 

♦  Counsellor  Sampson,  in  his  Memoirs,  thurspTaks  of  Bv™-'-  a    ,^ 

preservation  of  whose  lifrhanti!^  the  execution  of  William  Byme,  the 
many  of  the  prisler?to  a„  agreemen^CnS^^^^  '*"  '^'  signature  of 
all  thunder-struck  bv  wich  E^/ W  '^  ®u  •"^T^^^^^^^n*]-  We  were 
when  I  learned  that  £«3  ComSalHs  hadTp^  5"'-  ^  '^V  *''*'  '"?'«  *ff«««* 
•ution,  but  that  the  facdon  hS^velborle  him  in  th™""  "^  ^f"*'""^  »•»«*«•- 
■nrrounded  the  scaffold,  and  that  Wrvomh^J^K ''°""/''-  The  terrorists 
Jeath !  This  deed  fill^  me  vXth  hottor  1 1^^  n  ""'^t'  "O^'^^ted,  to  hi. 
William  Bynie  nntillhaJfbSmeCif  e,S;^^^^^^^^  anything  of 

Mon  prison.  Throneh  fevor  of  Mr  ll,«K  ™„„  .  r"^  7""  """  "»  o»«"  com- 
as his^^counsel,  he  obKleare  to  cSit  S"^  fnend,  and  then  employed 
al;  and^ertainly  u„^Zr  S^beconcSdr^rnZ^r  *^'  ^°^J'!,*  °^  *''» ^- 
PerfectAeroism,  he  possessed,    h's  life  was  X?^^^^  *"^ 

would  exculpate  himself,  at  the  exnen^P  nf  .hi  ,  ,'  •""  «<?d»tion  that  he 
Lord  Edward  Fitzgerald  •  and  tL  s^t™  1?[  the  reputation  of  the  deceased 
trulynoble.   ^Go?JSd  he  ^otWhSd  nf^K^^^"^^^ 

thetempterthatsentTu  thatlhave  wJf  ■'"'^  *"^'°"'  proposition,  'and tell 
ealumni^ate,  nor  noneCoVe  fase  "L^^rw^Tm^^  '^^^y""  ^"'^^ 

*«cesMrytobeapartizanofLordSarrFhzS^^  th>s offer.'  It  is  not 
•offerings  and  oppressions  of  thp  nS«n..    P-  l    '"°!*'=<l"'^'''*«d  with  the 

of  such\  reply.  flt^r^yLtbet^rolbX^^^^^^^  '^^  '^'^'^ 

even  among  enemies,  not  to  be  tS?d  with  it  fe  generosity,  sacred 
known  that  this  young  man  wL  washnt  nlo  i .  ®  """'^  ^°'  '*'^«n  't  is 
married  to  the  wLan^tKrioved!  J^d  had  wilti^^^^^  ^T'  °^  "5?'  ^»» 
new  pledge  of  fondness,  and  a  new  t  eTlife  in  .K •^^'^r  ^^T'  '*^«^««^ « 
Jad  been  loyally  enroll^  in  t  S™s  of  volunteer!  until^h"^  *  ^''^  "^"•'-  «« 
^errors  committed  upon  those  of  his  nIrRn««f™V^i  *^«  Pe^ccutions  and 
Amily,  drove  him  from  the  rSiks  rf  thrn^r^fi^m'  ^°'  •^^'?"  °^- »  Catholic 
lion.  Had  there  been  men  Swpilr«ni^r"^°u'^'''.''**'>«  ""s  of  rebel- 
Ireland,  or  a  system  rfTss  Suranirhe  S' tK"  "*  ?'  govern^enx  of 
">  the  grave,  would  have  been  its  boAt»nHn™i  thousands  now  in  exile  or 
lue  ani  in  courage  to  defeK."  o™ament,  and  the  foremost  in  vir. 


'    -        COLONEL  JOHN  ALLEN. 

par?4h  xEfflf^S^^^^^^  Ireland,  and  took  an  active 

its  op^essors.  On  the  7th  of  7une  1791'^^^^^^^^ 
Maidstone,  Englatid.  along  wiS  Serai  Arthnrn^n  ^"^^  5'  ^'^h  treason,  at 
and  others.  Father  CoigTev  wa^^con^cf^  w  ^^^o'.  benjamin  P.  Binns, 
acquitted.  Mr.  Allen  wfnti  JmldSelv  t^Pr^lf ''?''*'i  ^^'  '^^  '««'  ^^»« 
tomnt.  and  advanced  to  the  rSof  ffln2  «  i  ^1'  ^?  "*''  ^^^  ^"ny  ««  "eu- 
•f  the  most  daring  and  herd"  chlract«  u'l  \^"  ^'"^r''  ^^'«=h  '^"e 
iwty  at  the  taking^of  SaTRodrSo  S*  SnJ.r'  A  ^  '^""^  ^^^  '^^  «t«™in? 

aWethethighVSenhehadga^Sfhe  w^l     VTf  ''"'  TV^^l  ^"""''^ 
^lonelcy.     He  was  taken  Driso^^L^S    r^  ^T^"^  °^  ^^'^  was  his 

ronna.    Luckily  for  him  he  h«A  ir<.l!r%;.V      '  ?"  ^"^.^e'&nborhood  of  Co- 
Had  he  fallen  ^imo  thThaSds  of  th«^^?"i.P"'?*I ''?*'»«' Spanish  army, 
cf  his  capture,  he  woSd  have  been  t,^nH!Sv">?  ^^Y  '^"^^  ^^Y'^ii  ' 
«-pJiuesofh«.ti^  ^^rSJ^a^^r^ 


af  sarprise.Ifindthn 
nployed  on  thiscond* 
parliatnent. 

:led  by  royal  authoritr 
md  met  his  fate  (says 

Bynie'a  death  :— 
bridewell,  it  was  an- 
f^illiam  Byrae,  th« 

for  the  signature  of 
emment].  We  were 
s  the  more  affected 
of  remitting  theexe- 
incil.  The  terrorists 
ed,  undauBted,  to  his 

known  anything  of 
irith  him  in  our  com- 
I,  and  then  employed 
le  -sabject  of  his  tri- 
'oge,  and  pure  and 
on  condition  that  he 
on  of  the  deceased 
■eated  this  offer  was 
[reposition,  ♦  and  tell 
lor  to  him  you  Would 
IS  offer.'     It  is  not 
acquainted  with  the 
,  to  feel  the  dignity 
'  generosity,  sacred 
lore  so,  when  it  is 
r  years  of  age,  was 
sw  days,  received  a 
of  a  first  child.  He 
le  persecutions  and 
was  of.  a  Catholic 
the  arms  of  rebel- 
the  government  of 
Is  now  in  exile  or 
the  foremost  in  rir- 


lOHIl  0i*KEEFi 

Id  foi 


33 


md  took  an  active 
■rs  ago,  to  remove 
•r  high  treason,  at 
enjamin  P.  Binns, 
but  the  rest  were 
the  army  as  lieu- 
nces,  which  were 
led  the  storming 
everely  wounded 
I  of  this  was  his 
finf^  with  othtt^ 


Laon  fnd  had  stiH  "X-'^?*h'°'"1^^^^^  '''  Montrairail  and  « 

PsSS  Tha?Lt«„?   ^^^-^u^^J**.' V8  subject,  at  the  second  occupation  (i 
-^  »i       !    J^^nffeance  might  be  glutted  after  a  sleep  of  seventeen  vears— 

dWp«Thih^"'°^'^°°^  to  surrender  him  on  French  ground.    The  geS 
d  armes  whp  happened  to  conduct  him  i^ere  soldiers,  and  lie  an  officer  -tE 

-«pm  ""f  ."™^^'''  ''*'^««»  ^^^  recollections  and  their  du?y-  between  the 
waSn/f.ST  Pf''  "^"^  the.  <l««very  of  an  old  officer  to  the^EnSf  guJrd 
^t  te"5.?Lte  tn^K^  receive^and  conduct  him  to  a  cruel  fatS.^  Thf  ""id 
»o,„!f  ?if  *>"  toeyr'W^ere  at  the  last  Station  of  French  ground  Thev  li^ 
flaofi£%!^f'''''i'^'V^^'"  "•«  iiightatavillagSEa  lea'Je  O^ 
Sh   S  thS;  ca;e  &"  W«r  I'-Jfvi^ed  a  strong  r5,m  for  the  prrsone' 

If  n/vTSirrm'^iins^r"'^  ^^T^  '^^^  ^°  »»^  d^livTred  to  tRe 

.  iRnvS^fSS^^'*  -'"n""?"' ''''°  '^"^  ^»*  Robert  Emmet  ip  the  revolt  of 
ffi  trtUcimifli?  ^T  ^»  ^f'?  tb^  Pe«»ce,  with  his  fam  ly,Sd  „i 
cSonef  ijlenr^       ''^  ^^^"^  sketches,  l^e  thus  speaks  of  his  intiWcy  will 

l.j™^!,r^  *  '°"u^  ®^T°i°^  ^^h^^  ^^  ^i^  "8  while  my  daughters  plaved  for 
!L^'  ''^  "ever  have  I  been  able  to  prevail  upon  him  to  take  a  cud  Ka  or 
^te  anythmg  with  us.  He  made  a  resolution  to  accept  no  dinners  Uce  he 
Tik^itlReS^at  V^! .»»«  adhere  so  strictly  tLt  ^iS  we 'dSto! 
fil^j  V  *  Restaurant  in  Pans,  'twas  so^s  for  s^ous.    After  our  deoarture  hi. 

«n  Sir'?'^*'""'^'^^'  ^*T.^  '^°*  ^°'  h'^t^o  "s'ers,  very  old  aSs,olivl 
on  their  jomtmcome  and  his  own.    I  should  rather  say  LnT/br  for  as  one 

Sffn  T^'kT'*'*  ""^^  recognise  a  man  broken  by  service  and  vears 
flSt  foco-f  ''H"^  "^"^  *^  ??}?y  campaigns !  Strangely  enough  one  Sf  tS 
^hplHnn  ^%'^f^'^''^  *hat  of  Major  Sirr,  so  infamously  notorioSs  during  the 
Sse  fen^  ArnVV°''"-S'*J°'  ofD«blm-hut  his  mother  could  not  rfc^!  . 
Sff.YKiT,'^|?.*o-.dayv  He  entered.  Dublin  with  one  packet  and  leftlt 
^,?t?K""*-  P*  **'i?V*  ^*<*  "<>''«=«  '"^d 'J^ere  prepared.*^  Tl/is  was  the rt 
ton  to  his  own  home  ofthe  man  who  rose  up  a^inst  tyramiyftrty  years  bS 
fore.  He  found  it  asl^e  had  left  it,  in  the  hands  of  stranSfe/erlSSS 
had  changed  m  Europe-nothing  in  Ireland."  "°^®"-    *«^erything 


rhborhood  of  Co- 
le"  Spanish  army, 
known  anything 
}  suffer  the  pidns 
i  others  returned 


^ 


JbHN  O^KEEFE.  J  'v 

This  celebrated  dramatic  '^author,  wasibom  at  Dublin  Ireland  ^  itAy  »»a' 
died  atSouthampton,  February  4. 'laSSiJ  his ^thTearS 
aauve  of  King's  County,  and  Us  motiier  an  O'Connor,  of  w2rfprd.Hr 


» 


^  CiNIEt  TRACFf .-CHARLES  KEOTAL   BUSHK 


x.yAi,     ii  epomm-iaw— then  "Tbp  Ajrreeable  Surorise  "and  "  f  .o  Rn„^  7 

Quaker-The  Birthdav-Omai-Se  Pr Loners  at^^^^^     ThpT'-r^'^T"* 

Wi^ii^  ''n'r""*^-^°^V"  *  Camp-The  Poor  Soldier-Le  Glenadfer-TJiP ' 
W^klow  Moun^ms-KanitscI,atka-Pe6ping  Tom,  &c  H^  life  haTSso 
be^  pubhslied  ,ri  two  volumes  and  a  volLmS  of  hi^  poems?  He  was  a  man 
liuS  ;  Jrh''."!!''  drollerv-gladdened  the  hearts  of'^his  auditors,  sent  th^m 
f„/aTr  f'^'^i""'^  in  his  works  was  the  consistent  advocate  of  sTnceritJ^ 
InA  X  "^  '"''A^*'-  *^'"?">'  "^  ^''^  ^'^''^^'^es  of  character  a?e  trdy  S3' 
«nd  show  a  carefai  attention  to  life  and  manners  ^  original, 


AANIEL  TRACE Y,  M.D.     '         ' 
k&;f^*^''"*'!!i  T"^  'J.'^T-  '"  ?oscrea,  in  the  Cotinty  of  Tipperarv,  Ireland 

^  tTe^'ll  fT*^  ""•■  ''^''''?™'  ^"  ^^«'  ^^  terribKvS^^tC^rliie 
tePv  ^  II  ^^^'"if  'J"P'-^r'«n.  on  his  youthful  mind.  He  was  e/u?atS  at 
Trinity  College,  Dublin,  of  which  he  was  a  graduate,  and  was  for  somt  vlr^ 
g  practice  in  Ireland,  as  a.physieian.    In  1825  he  becamJ  a  settler  TcZdl 

tt^v^rltZTl^irT  '"^  '^'''''"^  .popularity,  and  was  elected  a  membe; 
pi  parliament,  <A  the  lower  province,  in  Mnv  lUto  no  .k„  «  n      " '""^"'"cr 

■telebraud  Louis  Jpscph  PapiScoSih"  Sv'of  Mton^JJ    J.^?!. T'  °'  "" 

broke  out,  and  as  Be  was  kind-hcar^  to  a  fault,  he  slrovrcZ'innallv  .J  n? 

fat  offices  at  Quebec,  they  sent  their  offifers  up  to  MontSf  X  arr'esled  hf 

^f  al'^n' Mn%'"  ^"^'  ^  ^  Sunday  night,  in  the  midst  of  a'c^nXn  SS- 

^^L^A  ^'^\^'3?S"  Duvcrnay,  Qf  the  French  paper,  the  xMinerve,  and  "ook  • 

-   /  .  ^'     .  ■/  .-'■    -■ 


CIIAKLE3  KENDAL  BUMHE.  '  = 

Tnw'";*^nit  ■*  ^»,"'"f,P?w«'-,  and  her  nplicy  requires  sometimes  the  aid  of  a 
Toler.  a  Scott,  and  a  Buigenan.  It  is  ^asant  that  we  have  to  record  inter! 
Tals  of  humanity  m  which  her  statesmen  have  elevated  to  the  beEch  a  BushT 


'HE.  ■ 

ed  din  early  preferende 
Tony  Lumpkin,"— his 
se,"  and  "  The  Bandit- 
s,  farces,  and  operas— 
e  Shamrock — Young 
E— The  Fugitive— Lie 
—Positive  Man— Cas-. 
— Le  Grenadier— The 
c.  His  life  has  also 
lems.  He  was  a  man 
is  auditors,  sent  them 
advocate  of  sincerity, 
ter  are  truly  original. 


JOHN  O'NEILL,  OK  O'NEALE. 


T 


35 


)f  Tipperary,  Ireland, 
er  of  the  United  Irish 
^hen  a  portion  of  his 
nts  of  that  year  made 
He  was  educated  at 
d  was  for  some  years 
e  a  settler  in  Canada, 
-^as  elected  a  member 
the  colleague  of  the 
il,  after  a  very  warm 
1  the  undivided  sup- 
the  tory  magistrates 
re  the  hustings,  over 
n  the  citizens  in  the 
F  them,  and  woimded 
similar  occasion,  be- 
?lection,  the  cholera 
ve  continually  to  al- 
icent  emigrants  from, 
n  seized  him  as  its 
id  proprietor  of  the 
rit,  skill,  and  talent, 
!tty  despots,  holding 
al,  who  arrested  the 
a  Canadian  \<rinter, 
I  Minerve,  and  took 
nths  in  a  loathsome 
;d  on  their  release  a 
■vere  strewed  with 
persuasion,  and  left 
nerchant  in  Albany, 
la's  exiles  have  had 
id  and  Canada,  free. 


and  a  Perrin.  .Charles  Kendal  Bushe,  Lord  Chief  Justice  of  Ireland,  was 
born  in  the  county  of  Kilkenny,  where  his  youthful  days  were  spent.  .He  was 
a  prominent  riiember  of  the  College  Historical  Society,  Dublin,  called  to  the 
bar  (that  is,  privile-rcd  to  plead  cases  and  practice  law,  such  as  it  then  was) 
in  1790,  and  went  heartily  with  the  real  reformers  of  that  period.  He  satin 
the  old  Irish  parliament— wrote  "Cease  your  Funninfr,''^  a  satirical,  acute, 
and  very  able  pamphlet,  in  reply  to  Cooke,  the  Irish  Secretary,  and  in  decided 
opposition  to  the  Union,  which  w.as  carried  with  hj^rd  cash,  otfices,  and  coro- 
_ne^.  At  length  ite  took  office  under  the  tories,  and  the  Marquis  of  Welles- 
ley  made  him  Chief  Justice,  in  which  situation  he  was  looked  up  to  for  many 
years,  as  an  able,  upright  administrator  of  the  laws,  without  political  or  per- 
sonal partiality.  When  Mr.  O'Connell,  some  ten  years  ago,  defended  Richard 
Barrett,  editor  of  the  Pilot,  for  publishing  one  of  his  (O'Conneli's)  letters  to 
the  Uish  people  against  the  Union,  from  a  London  paper.  Judge  Bushe  pre- 
sided at  the  trial.  Mr.  O'Connell,  after  he  had  quoted  many  authorities,  ad- 
ded :  "  Tliore  was  one  who  stood  in  the  breach  of  the  constitution,  and  hiirled 
the  holts  of  his  indignant  eloqueiifee  at  our  unprincipled,  oppressors.  What 
did  he  say?  'Will  you  give  up,  your  country  ?  This  measure  (the  Union,) 
goes  to  degrade  ihc  country,  by  saying  it  is  unwo^hy  to  govern  itself,  and  to 
stultify  the  parliament  by  saying  it  is  unworthy  to  govern  the  country.  K  is 
the  revival  off  the  odious  title  of  conquest— it  is  the  renewal  of  the  abomina- 
ble distinctions  between  the  mother  country  and  the  colonies — it  is  a  denial 
of  the  rights  of  nature  to  a  great  nation,  from  an  intolerance  of  its  prosperity.' 
Who  thus  defended  Irish  liberty  ?"  asked  Mr.  O'Connell.  "  The  member  for 
C^XVatx— Charles  Kendal  Bushe.'" 

Judge  JJushe  died  recently,  and  Mr.  Pennefather  is  his  successor  in  the  court 
of  king's  bench.        »  ,  " 


JOHN   O'NEILL   OR  O'NEALE.  H. 

This  patriotic  citizen^was  usually  knoyvn  as  "  the  brave  O'Neale ;'?  he  was  a 
native  6f  Ireland^  and  hi^d  lived  at  or  near  Havre  de  Gras,  a  town  at  Ihe  rfaoutU 
of  the  Susquehannah,  in  Maryland,  for  about  fifteen  years  previous  to  May*"'         ^ 
1S13,  on  the  3rd  of  which  month,  the  British  fleet,  under  Sir  John  Borlace  • 

Warren,  sent  400  men  in  boats  to  HavrQ  to  burn  it,  which  they  did,  after  a 
gallant  resistance  by  a  handful  of  citizens.  Among  these  the  most  conspic- 
uous was  citizen  John  0'NQale,;who  thus  describes  the  adventure : 

^^    ,     .      ■■          .     *'                        "  Havre  de  Gras,  May  10,  18l3.''X  "-i 

"  No  doubt  before  this,  you  have  heard  of  ihy  defeat.    On  the  3rd  inst.,  we  ' 

were  attacked  by  fifteen  English  barges  at  break  of  day.    They  were  not  dis-    —  "-^^^ 
covered  by  the  sentry  until  they  were  clos()  to  the  town.     We  had  a  small  breast-       -'  ■"*' 
work  erected,  with  two  six  and  one  nine  pounder  in  it ;  and  I  was  stationed  at 
one  of  the  guns.    When  the  alarm  was.  given  I  ran  to  the  battery,  and  found 
but  one  m.an  there,  and  two  or  three  came  afterward.    After  firing  a  few  shots  « 
they  retreated,  and  left  me  alone  in  the  battery.    The  grape  shot  flew  very*  , 
thick  about  me.    I  loaded  the  gun  myself,  without  any  one  to  serve  the  vent, 
which  you  know  was  vety  dangerous,  and  fired  her,  when  she  recoiled  and  ran  *' 

over  my  thigh.  I  retreated  down  town,  and  joined  Mr,  Barnes  at  the  nail 
manufactory,  with  a  musket,  and  fired  on  the  barges  while  we  had  ammunition, 
and  then  retreated  to  the  commons,  where  I  kept  waving  my  hat  to  the  militia, 
who  had  run  away,  to  come  to  our  assistance  ;  they  however  proved  cowardly, 
and  would  not  come  back.  At  the  same  time,  an  English  officer  on  horseback, 
followed  by  the  marines,  rode  up  and  took  me  with  two  muskets  in  my  hand. 
I  was  carried  on  board  the  Maidstone  frigate,  where  I  remained  until  released, ^^_ 


letimeS  the  aid  of  a 
ive  to  record  inter- 
the  bench  a  Bushe, 


-three  (JajTs^stnee. 

When  O'Neale  was  borne  off,  it  caused  great  excitement  all  over  the  coun- 
try, as  it  was  supposed  they  would  hang  him  ;  his  family  were  inconsolable, 

;ttnd  the  people  generally  much  distressed  on  his  account.    He  was  released, 
oowever,  on  the  application  of  General  ]V|ill^r,  who  wrote  that  if  the  loyalists 


'36 


rSB  EAHL  OP  SOSCOMMON-GENBBAl  HENRt  HONRO 


i^/' 


gave  much  satisfacUon.  ««eDraied  ip  verse  and  prose;  and  his  release 

THE  EARL  OP  ROSCOMMON. 

^e^nZk'Sm^r^S'a  nltSnT?"' J^  '^^'^^^^^^  P^et  and  wit  of  the 
pr.  Samuel  Johnsoa  cSered  hl.^  ?f  ''"'*"'*'  *°''  ''•«'*  January  nth.S 
before  Dryden  wrote^reS,•ni^h?t^T^• '^''""'^^ 

l"ge  knowledge,  and  m^rbe  o&e/ed  amoriTA'*'  '1-^'«'  '^  ^e^id  n^tln:    ■ 
erature."  '      ""luoerea  among  the  benefactors  of  English  lit- 

and  the  Grove.    Bavle  s^v^Ltnu^~^^^  ,""  Solitude— The  Dream— 

po^.  iu  his  Essay rcSiirs^iSof't^M':;! '°  i"°«^»«i™T-^ 


GENERAL  HENRY  MUNRO. 

%WrrIsp^SVTsL?rbt^;J^  ofl-'sbum,  brave,  patriotic 

rians  of  the  north  Jf  IrelaLf  to  r^m^  5^k^^"  ^^.  *«  Catholics  and  Presbvtt' 
,  a  proclamation  to  ?he  formers!  ZeS^  thfr^T'^  °^  '^'  ^nion.  He?sK 
landlords,  as  all  such  rent  had  h?pnn«^f  !^  *°  ^F  ^°  '«»'8  to  disaffectS 
jng  for  Ireland's  freS  'ftXtfcSnv '\*"'?  °^  the  people  fighN 
County  of  Down,  on  the  12th  of  Sp  t7Q«  i?"*?'?^^  '^«»  ^o"?fit  «»  the 
English  «»nder  Generals  Nugent  and  Ba;iil?;j.*p  ^r'^  '""'"  ^»"o.  the 
country  round ;  Munro  had  fpw  «r  «  '  ****.  English  set  fire  to  the  whole 

served  parkofaSe^     The  h»„?-*^^^^^^  ^"^"''^  *  splendid,  w^! 

after  dis5,laying.theg7;tes?vl^^^^^^^^^^  13th  wLn  the  Irish, 

like  Colonel  Prince,  in  Oanndo    ™^       aereated.    The  English  pursued  and 

sons  was  terribl^  AyoSgladvff  I^t^^^^^^^^  J^'  «feughterTf  ErS 
~  ^'M^  ^»  ^hi^  tSrstrZld  for  SS^^^ 

T«f '•ej  Ednavadjr  heigh  tsljoinTie  embSj?  ^^^  t*' "  .""J^P^ndence-she 
through  the  perfls  of  ihe  4ht-bS  bSS2& '*?'''r'°'«  supported  her 
a  aughtered  by  the  En<rli8h   ami  i.«      ^owdown  in  the  retreat,  she  waa 

«de.    ThefigLingfeAreeh« 

the  13th  With  this  battW  term?na^ed  thp  i.*^i/^*  ^^^'  *°'*^°"'-  ''ours  on 
afterwards.  General  Munro  wartLken  i  »lf!?^'  '"  '?•*  "°"''-  Two  days 
t.al  t^t  is,  by  a  dozen  of  thTenmrselecJed  f^r  '!?'^"^^^'^^Y.  bv  court  mi. 
ffalfor*  tocmpl  ^^a.m^a.J  ll^^'  selected  lor  the  purnose  of  »;,»„»  „  i-^ 


tial  t^t  is,  by  a  dozen  ofX^enrnv'serecTed  V^r  '™"*''"a'e'F.  bv  court  miir- 
ealforA  tocmpl  ^^a.m^a.J ll^^'  selected  lor  the  purpose  of  ffivinir  a  Ia. 

r.  m  mockeiy  of  justice.    "^tH^ck 
»ure,  he  attended  the  scaffnl,.  L7j^""J5 


jlftirX,  '    '  f  ^".^'^  o*  tfte  enemy 

s-iilorti  to  cruel,  cdd-blooded  murdprfn'™";;;:!,'"'  "1-  ''".'^Pose  ot  giving  a  le- 
Jut  a  firm  step  and  undaumed  c^Sdsur?  T^^nT't"^'  "^ith  a^uick 
Srv''««~'".to  meet  death  thanTavofd  h  ^it"^  '^'  '*=»?^'*''  «"*»««% 


nrst  year  of  ftis  ngy.  at  thu  fr  mi  "ril       "l  ^^  '^^'^  pypruted  ft.  the  thirty^ 

Ws  mother;  and  h1s%iUrrSd     His  r^ 

exhibited  upon  the  Market  house  on  a  nSf.     '*'^'  ^^""".'^  '■'°™  ^is  body,  and 

thehutolyectdailybeibreS^^^ES^^ 


r  HDNRa        ' 

Jritish  subjects  in  reta/- 
prosejand  his  release 

uidered,' 

Jered,  v    . 

slave.'* 


)N.  "'    „     '• 

i  poet  and  wit  of  the 
January  17th,  1684. 

ter  of  English  verse, 
ste.  If  he  did  not  en- 
actors of  English  lit- 

Issay  on  Translated 
ude— The  Dream- 
protestantism;  and 


ra. 


■n,  brave,  patriotic, 
olics  and  Presbyte- 
Union.  He  issued 
ents  to  disaffected 
f  the  people  fight- 
was  fought  in  the 
inder  Munro,  the 
t  fire  to  the  whole 

a  splendid,  well- 
n,  when  the  Irish, 
rlish  pursued,  and 
aughter  of  Erin's 
her  and  her  lover 
dependence— she 
fe  supported  her 
•etreat,  she  was 
rother  fell  at  her 
ind  four  hours  on 
3rth.    Two  days 
If>  by  court  mar- 
ie of  giving  a  le» 

"With  a  quick 
!affoId,  evidently 


,  UWTENANIVCOLONEL  THOMAS  VBXSXtm,  ^ 

But  who  sliall  lighUy  say  that  fame 

^no'*»'ngb«t  an  empty  name?  ^      ' 

Where  memorj' of  the  mighty  dead 
*•  '  T,.^*l^?"''-worn  pilgrim's  wistful  eye, 

Ihe  brightest  rays  of  cheering  shed,  . 

Xliat  pomt  to  immortality.  '     *. 

JBauL^VtttSronThi?  din  St V"^«  ^'^  ^  J""«-and  in  the 
^  a  royalist  regimeiTt  LtJeated  to  C^Amhlr '''.  ^T  °^  '^'  '^^^  ^^'^  ^^^^^^^ 
*Kcould-and  prepared  for  the  onslaS^h^  of  "S^U^^  °k°  Pnsoners-Milled  all  thw 


7   LIEUTENANT-COtONEL  THOMAS  BRERETbN. 

4"tha^Tln7in'^^^^^^^^^^  contrast 

in  Ireland.    ^^  yi^^  z.X  l^e  S^oi ihVfl^.^^^ a'^-^'^'^'^C  ^^^"^  '"  P«^« 
Bristol  in  lS31,was  brave  asa  lion  but  wh^  ^n*'  '^'iT^  the  terrible  riots  in 
making  his  soldiers  trample  the  EnS^  Tp  £      ^^  ^"^ 
revenge  for  ages  of  oppression  the?  h»rnt^h!rn  ^T^'  ??*"'  '^^  ^°^^  linle 
:     ace,  &c.„in  Bristol,  he  shot  Wmself  mIJ  *  t^  Custom  House,  Bishop's  Pal- 
;     bom  in  King's  CoxmiYXS,M^"7fnttT^  i^^^T*  ^r^'""  ^» 
Januart  11th,  1832.  '  In  1797    »«,»„;     '       . '  *""  ^'«^  "»  ^'s  fiftieth  year 
i    his  utlEie  Col!  Cofhlan-S' had  se"vS  with" htT '°  '^  •^^?*  ^"•^»««'  ^^ 
I    of  the  world  for  twenty-five-yeaJs  when  T„  ifiP^^K  'f.P"^»»°'\  i"  "any  part. 
:    ^cer  of  the  Bristol  district,  and  waTwesented  S  Sf  '^  ffi*""^  inspecting  Lid- 
;    ''^'i  a  «WQrd  value  two  hushed  guiC^sl  token  o^^h'-'  °^  '*''  "Siment 
;        The  imnfediate  cause  of  the  Brisfnl  rW «' »  ^     •       °^  \^^"  esteem. 
I    reform-bill  ^  artful  frauffiaSK  ?17'''  """""'u'  ^'^'^  '^^  E°gl«l» 
Wetherell,  who  had  madsEseff  venr  obnoS^Vl' ■ '''^  ^"^'^'^^^^  ^ir  C. 
proposition  for  lessening  the  SlnsS>dT^)^T  ^^  ^?\oPPPsitio&  to  every 
,  a  member  of  parliament,  pretenS  ^nrlj"'^.  Englishmen  groaned.    A^ 
detested.    When  he  arri;eratXS  A^muS/^t  P'^^'^'.^^  ^*«  J^^^'y 
into  the  river  Avon,  threw  stones  at  his  caSLi*'^  :^'*'i*'**^'J?'' '°  ^^'°^  h™ 
while  he  crouched  and  ran  into  th«  m!  ''?"'"J«'  «»<*  demolished  the  doors, 
constable,  then  made  He  ogous%tTon"r''    ^^  '"^'"'''^  °'  «?««S 
wounded  many-a  cry  of  vengeance  wifrn^l^^^-  ^^?P^^'  *"^  ^''''^'^^  and 
and  shipwrights  ^-oine^d  their  fSenTefS^         the  evening  the  sailors 
corned  the  Mansion -House,  from  whTch  Sir  Phlll^  ''?u'*^^f '  '''^''^^^  ^od 
disguise.    A  troop  of  the  3d  Draffortn,  »rr:»  a    lu    *"*^  ^^^  Mayor  escaped  in 
Mng  «  God  save  the  Kh^^-Sl^LVItn^'^'^^  "°^?  '^^^'«*  them,  and 
fired  on  the  people  and  murdered  somf  of  fe''?i.    Next  day  the  soldiers 
with  stones-the  troops  ^ain  fired  anTkilled  «„^~^''^ /??'«  *^^"«d.  them 
then  moved  to  the  Bridewell,  hberated  tKrifo  '^*"""'**'  some-the  people 
jail,  a  massy  fortress  or  basti  e  tha^had  cost^h„?r''~.r°^  ,"«» *"  '^^^  new 
It,  hberated  the  prisoners,  wd  S  th-  "t^r^^ 

down  the  toll-houses  and  the  GloucSter  SS „%"?  fire-they  next  burned' 
was  speedily  reduced  to  a  pile  of  asheE-and S ^'"""Tthe  bishops  palace 
House.    These  were  the  LvementsSvrrJrt^^^y 
the  King,  when  invited  tHi^w  fh  tif/?  ^l*  ^,!?''*°  **»  d^speration-^ven  T 
days,  according  to  annual%SomTd5ri^"no^%l.Mar  of  London,  in  these 

accepted,  for  fear  of  the  vengeanS  of"he  fZwt^Ai  ^  «PP°'ntment  he  had 
capital !  sc»ut-e  oi  me  justly  mdignant  citizens  of  his  own 

^J;Q'QnglJBrftrfttnnwaB  a4^tlii.  h«.i..r.i..  ^■■... 


-^  -Y""^^*^'  «"treiop  was  at  the  head  iif  thn  m;i;i  i        i- 

Had  not  rl^d^d  proper  aitEv  f?om  ♦£.  "?'? "ary,  and  conceiving  that  Jie 
to  shoot  down  people  in  coKloShTKw''/^^  P?^^'''  *nd  being  unwillinj 
•ale.    This  wa»  hV  crime     The  tJlr'"'"''^*^  '*'"«'»«'  *•»«  "tilens  whoK 

»"artial,of  his  reluc^^Te  to  shoot  drfwn^^K^^^      T'"'"''*  ^'^^'^  *  «o"t^ 
•mce  10  snoot  ddwn  bodies  of  oppressed,  maddened 


where  his  wire, 

m  his  body,  and 

be  the  first  and 


38 


MiUOR-eENEEAL  mTTOK— GOV.  BBTAH, 


SfJS'^l,:^;^^  ""^^o  against  W  a  brdre 

to  tho  soul-and  the  LTwho  coufd"m,t  inT"'^'  "u^"^  ^^^  ">«  «>»'  cut  hi^ 
jured,  harassed  brethren  hrstenedtn  ,hi/  if"'"'' '°  '^^'^  '^e  blood  of  his  £ 
whom  he  tenderly  WedXenden? 'Jl'''^  °J^-,  %  l^'A  two  daughtirs 
WtreJaidinihesiientrtoiiibifpStL^^  "  ^?^  relative-and  Iiis"remahis 
g°^j,before  hin.  to  tt  w"!ld  S"  sJiSrC'^'t'  ™«^h"'.  ^ho  had  fortStely  - 

her  iyrnntsf^^^^^^^^^  and  prosperofas- 

selves  ior  having  committed  ihT^Hmiof  SusL  f  'T"^f  '«  shool„tl,em- 
ocnt  countrymen!  Poor  Brereton"  h?s  hiSt^E  ° 'f  T  ^^^n  theirlnno- 
May  he  meet  his  beloved  wife  3"nh  M,  ?^  ^.'^  "''^eed  a  sad  one— very 
where  sin  and  sorrow  Ire  unknown  W  i'l"  *"  1^^*  ^"'"'^•^f  W^^sed  anle£ 
condemn  the  merciful,  nor  "uS^y"  hi  fe^i^^^^  T"'  •'l!^'.^  of  all  wilf  Sot- 
on  the  oppressed !  ^^^  ,'^  '^<=«  ^'oni  i"m  who  had  compassion 


:,:;;.     MAJOR-GENERAL    IRVINE.  V    ^^      ' 

'^'prSSr^^SnS-^  ^fc,i:r^«^  »^«  I^ite;!  St.tes.and 

November,  1711.  at  FenhanaghfnVela^^^^^^^^  ^™"'?'»  »''«  3dof 

a  British  war  ship  until  the  pe^  of^  77;^°V'''''f* ''"  ^""'■8«^°»  "»  boaitl 
Pennsylvania-was  a  (i»ember^of  the  staS'^nn'^  r^  '^^'^'^  ^'  Carlisle  S 
commanded  a  regiment  of  th^  knnsvilnn.rr  '°"t  *"  1774-raised  and 
Inshmen-was  taken  prisoner  in  CunS.^,^t  Ime  in  January,  177G,  chieflj 
till  exchanged-was ,  then  Sd  ?n  comm^T'  r  S""^*""  "'S'^»^«'  «'™tfi2^ 
reg,ment-and  was  intrusted  b^wishfuS  ?n  ,"fii'''*''l''°u"'^  Pennsylvania 
Northwest  Frontier,  then  threatenofl T^,i  ifl/^l  with  the  defence  of  the 
war  he  Wds  sent  to  OonVess  nn J  h„S^  ^^^  ^''.''^\  ""'I  Indians.  After  the 
constitution  for  PennsylvfnTa     ThU      if  '^*^  '''■^^  convention  to  frame  « 

r.  ?'.  t™^"'=«'»  freedom  and^he  rTi^oKi"''';'- ^T'^r  I^P-ienced  war! 
Philadelphia,  ia  his  93d  yeat.  ^.  ^  ol.  man,  died  July  29tli,  1804,  at 


«EORaE  BRYAN:  aoVERNQ^  OP  PENNSYLVANIA 

^  fou^nTitrrsSttreSdrctTf'^a^di??  7^''=''  ^\^'^  adopted  country.     He 
mgton  a  free  r^vn^h^^Gelfe^T^^^^^^  "  under Vash! 

Anierv^a  in  earl>Jife,  ahd  re^^dftSladdnhh'"  ?r""^'  ^*'""^'  «»™«  ?«> 
in  Cqmmerce-Bul  in  1765  wa8  sent  to  rl„^  "**    ^^  '^^'  *^  ^rst  engaged 
oppressive  acts  of  our  i^iported  Br"  ish  Sef,    V"  •''^'^r''^'"  «^^««  the 
.  dence,  he  took  an  active" bold,  and  ve^  dSfrt'  „o  """^  *''*^  ^"  °^'  ^»«'«Pen- 
,   and  was  elected  Vice-president  of  Ih^sunremp  ^.v    m  the  cause  of  freedom-:-^ 
,  vama.    In  1788  he  Ava&'^clected  governor  o'^^fh^!  executive  council  of  Pennsyl- 
Tied  m  his  efforts  to  procure  the  mssLi  '^l^^f  a'*:-*-'n  1789  he  was  unwea- 
.gradual  abolition  of  slavery  rhere-^and  so-  J.         P^oj«»»?d  bv  him  for  the 
,  supreme^court  of  PennsylvL^  GovernTBrvn'  T^"PP°T'"^  «*"  the 

iwsscssed  a  vigorous  understand  n  A  SL,^"  died  m  January.  1791,  and 
Mty.miued  with  long  experiei^^f  1^  pv     '•"^'?°'>^'?"'^««^'«»sullied  iiteg- 

Jind;arpiable.anda«l^uAarASS  He^^  pi^ 


CQA^ONEL   TSMC  Prtiltii. 


\ 


0  against  him.  a  brire 
sed  i|i  the  court  cut  him 
i|d  the  blood  of  his  I'n- 
«e  left  two  daughters 
itJTe— and  bis"remaius 
er,  who  had  fortunately 

igent,  and  prosperotis— 
required  to  shoot,  tlicm- 
slioot  d<?wn  theirlnno. 
ueed  a  sad  one— very 
rorld,tjf  blessed  angelsl 
■at  Judge  of  all  will  not 
n  who  had  compassion 


NE. '•    .\' :;.-..-. 

■;  -.v  .:^'.w---'..— .'•.■ 

he  United  iStates,and 
as  bom  on  the  3d  of 
as  a  surgeon  on  boanfs 

settled  at  Carlisle  in 
1  in  1774— raised  and 
January,  177G,  chiefly 
ebec  eighteen  months, 

second  Pennsylvania 
ith  the  defence  of  the 
d  Indians.  After  the 
invention  to  frame  a 
and  experienced  war- 
id  . J.uly  29th,  1804,  at " 


WILLIAM  ORR. 


80 


^NSYLVANIA. 

lopted  country.     He 
J  left  it  under  Wash- 
)lm,  Ineland,  came  to 
was  at  Orst  engaged 
loustrate  agdinsi  the 
«ie  war  of  Indepen- 
ecauseof  freedom— -^ 
^  ^council  of  Pennsyi- 
1789  he  was  unwea- 
oted  by  him  for  the 
pointed  Judge  of  the 
I  January,  1791,  and 
d  an  unsullied  integ- 
dge.    He^ab  pious 
as.  t-     . 

■'■;*■'.' 


,*  his  voice  ia  her  parliament,  in  fiivor  of  American  freedom,  and  cheered  the' 
children  of  the  pili^iiiiis  m  thei'r  hour  of  trouble  and  adversity.  Hohored  be 
his  memory— ever-i^feeii  be  the  turf  over  the  haHowed  spot  where  his  ashes 
awiiit  thg  decree  of  his  Creator  I  He  bad  a  noble  heart,  a  true  heart,  anirish 
heart.    His  syiiipalhies  were  not  confined  to  the  palaces  of  the  rich.     He  felt" 

•  for  the  gaUjint  men  wlio  l\ad  shown  at  Lexington  and  Bunker  Hill  that  they 
prized  liberty  more  thau  life— and  his  eloquent  and  impassioned  orations  in  de- 
imaciation  of  their  worse  than  Egyptian  task-masters,  will  live  for  ever  on  the 
historic  page— an  example  for  pur  youth,  to  warm,  and  cheer,  aind  animate 
them  in  defence  of  &11  that  is  uue,  sincere,  just,  and  honest  in  the  Avorld.  ■ 
Colonel  Barrij  not  only  spoke  in  parliament,  but  also  sent  to  the  press  several 
able  pamplilcts  condemnatory  of  th6  enslaving  process  persevered  in  against, 

„  America.  •  ,     ',  >^^ 

He  was  born  in  Dublin,  in  172'6— his  parents  were  poor  people,  persdhs  of 
the  liumbler  class.  But  he  was  an  apt  scholar  and  a  brave  soldier.  In  early 
life  he  chose  the  army  as  a  profession— rose  hi^ghier  and  higher,  the  reward  of 
most  uncommon  merit— and  in  1761  \Vas  brought  into  the  English  parliament 
by  his  countryman,  Lord/Shelburne.    Barre  could  not  fawn  and  truckle— no 

.^ri'irlil-heartcd  Irishman  ever  can.    He  oppo.-ed  the  British  government  when 
.wrong;  they  threatteneJ  him  With  loss  of  office;  he  was  not  rich,  but  his 
mind  was  his  kingdom  ;  he  remained  honest.    "  . 

*  Of  course  he  was'  punished.  Government  took  from  him  the  situations  lie 
held,  of  governer  of  Stirling  Castle  in  Scotland,  and,  adjutant-geneml  of  the 
British  anay.  They  went  farther— they  dismissed  him  from  the  army  alto^ 
geUier.  No  matter— he  pc'rsevered.  Ond  day,  when  denouncing  Lord  North, 
he  frankly  declared,  "  that  the  conscience  df  the  Ministers  was  seared  with 
guilt,  and  their  titrpitude  unexampled.^'         ,'  > 

When  melT's  minds  had  cooled  ,  down^Barre's  prophecies  relative  to 
America  been  carried  to  fulHlment— and  new  rulers  placed  in  po\T^er— the  injus- 
tice done  hin/w£js  thought  of,  and  a  pension  of  £2,300  a  year  granted  him, 
which  he  gave  up  and  was  ap^iointed  to  an  office  of  emolumeju,  with  no  diffi- 
cult duties.  He  died  on  the  1st  (some  say  the  4th)  of  July,  1802,  aged  76 
years.     In  old  age  he  was  stoi\e-blind.    So'was  America's  great  enemy,  his 

•  old  opponent.  Lord  North.     They  met  in  Batli,  and  on  being  introduced  to 
.  each  other.  Lord  North  said,  "  Colonel,  you  and  I  have  often  been  at  variant:? ; 

but  I  believe  there  are  no  people  in  the  wbrld,  who  would  be  more  clad  to 
SEE  each  other."  ■  .  " 

Miss  Edgeworth,  with  her  usual  good  taste,  enumerates  Colonel  Barre 
among  those  Irishmen  of  whom  their  country  may  \M\  be  proud. 

In  his  first  lecture  delivered  at  the  University  Chapel,  in  1841,  on  the 
American,  Revolution,  Dr.  Jared  Sparks  said,  that  "  Colonel  Barre,  who  was 
joined  by  a  few  other  true  friends  to  America,  ai\d  who  had  himself  served  in 
America  during  the  [French]  war,  made  a  speech  against  the  Stamp  Act, 
which  may  be  pronounced  one  of  the  finest  specimens  of  extemporaneous  elo- 
quence ever  uttered.  In  this  admirable  speech  Colonel  Barre  first  used  the 
phrase  '  Sons  of  Liberty,'  as  applied  to'  Americans,  which  was  afterward 
adopted  vtiiYi  such  enthusiasm  by  the  ardent  patriots  in  every  part  of  the  con- 
tinent, and  was  so  well  suited  to  the  popular  feeling  at  that  time  that  it  be- 
came the  bond  of  union  among  theit  leaders,  ^nd  produced  an  almost  magical 
effect  on  the  ears  of  the  people."  ;^  _  .  _' ^    _       • _     ^^  _i_ 


WILLIAM  OBR;  ' 


;hman— who,  when 
s  great  republic  io 
Canadians,  lifted  up 


Though  perjury  doomed  thee,  dear  Orb,  to  the  grave,        '  ^ 

Thy  blood  to  OUR  Unioi)  mote  eoergf  gave.  V       . 

,  '  ■•  J  ■  ■    ..V      .   '  -    •  • 

TpB  immortal  men^ory'of  this  glorious  martyr  for  Ireland's  freedom,  is 
sweet  to  the  soulaof  millions  of  his  countrymen.  He  wqp  a  worthy  gentle- 
man of  Ulster,  who  loved  Green  Erin  n^ore  than'  his  life,  and  assisted  in  swel- 


/  ''  i' 


40 


WILLU9  OXB. 


I 


melancholy.  hoiyoF,  and  indignaS    ThrSarv  tf'"'"'*  f  »''«  ^««Pest 
tion  consisted  of  several  thousand  men  hL^SW**  '*^^*"*'*'*  ''^^  «ecu. 
company  of  artillery,  the  whol^  LmJn^     if  n    •*  ^°°^'  ^"^  cannon;  and  a 
;  j*«4hisdying  dUm^LTin  a&^^^^^^^^  To  these  mJoiJ 

jiis  deportment  Was  firm/unsJakeT'aJdTm^rJ^^^^ 

most  mdusrnous  habits :  and  in  the  charaSs  Af  I.,  if   S'^.'^  ^^^^Is  and  of  • 
wisely,  for  British  goB.    The  tare  »e»Sj''i'"°."'  ""■  >«  ^i  »wi)m 

Iiapes  will  assist  in.presenSK?shoTtho7^^^^^        Thank  heaven,  thS 
nghts.  what  British  goveramfm  is  ^""^^  ^^'^  T^  b^  careless  of  theiJ 

leading  star  and  follows  its  guidancf  though  sfom^^^^^  P'^fT'«  ^^'  h« 

If  hfr  *"•*  '•T^^^'  '"'^"s«  his  desSny^his  ciSsp  lilT''  '^'"j'a^f  done 
If  heTias  pursued  it  undauntedly  and  fSfulfv  hf  !^  ^\  t««n""re  true  one. 
his  fortune  or  of  his  life,  but  nem  of  S JS'„^  may  sbffer  shipwreck  of 
that  brave  and  honest  man,  who  wShout  to?Sf  "*  "  J"8  honor.  Such  was 
mighty  talents,  and  of  rha  midiirsSofwET/"  ^^^'^'^''^  S^V-^  «' " 
,  habitation,  and  with  whose  h6nest  name  I^Sf  ^  "^'.""^  '\^°^^  ''A  fa  its 
such  was  Wtf/,a«,  Orr.  He  was  no  boTstfuffir^"'^  P'°"'' .'°  ^^  identified- 
lov«  -was  for  his  country,  and  his  Z^lS^on^^^'^A  v^^""^^  '«"^«'-  lJ« 
have  never  seen  him  as  T  hnir.  T„..  «  '^"^  "^  deliverance.    You  whn 

countryman  ;  but  SSupoJ  wKrJnfSI^/^LTf '^  V'^  ^"^^"S^ 
dwelt  within  his  brist.    An4  thoS  i?  matter  If  "'"k^^'^  '^«  ^"^"^^^  «hat 


«» 


i 


■/. .  ■ 


icnficed  to  the  moloch 
ears  of  the  eighteenth 
^as  executed  thereon 
i  of  hisYeUow  citizens 

WW,  quitted  the /laife 
r  napless  countryman, 
a  sentence  was  inter- 
icture  of  the  deepest 
o  attended  the  execu. 
with  cannon;  and  a 
■e.  To  these  Mr.  Orr 
ly  tone  of  voice,  and 

0  the  last  instant  of 
'Plary  Morals  and  of 
Id.  lather,  and  neigh- 
ore  his  country  wa* 
actions ;  and  his  last 
a  soon  be  emancipa- 

ited  Irishmen's  oath 
a  that  he  had  sworn 
e  drunk.  Truly  did 
le  and  death  are  not 
Mts  which  show  the 

1^  a  Scottish,  Ameri- 

songs  of  the  north, 

of  the  blessed,  and 

an  important  chup. 
5n  to  his  advocate,* 
i  he  drew  a  picture 
^ank  heaven,  these 
be  careless  of  their 

int's-  foaxiin,  unite 
at  prmoiple  for  his 
nl,  will  havf  done 
been  the  true  one. 
iffer  shipwreck  of 
honor.  Such  was 
lendid  ge^us  or  to 
most  apt  to  fix  its 
to  be  identified— 
iring  leader,  ilia 
ranee.    You,  who 

1  plain  and  hodest 
d  the  virtues  that 

are  the  outward 
et,  let  jme  say,  he^ 
r  proportiQns,  was 

es  and  traitors  to 
stile  government, 


I 


\ 


.«* 


J^HK  WARNFOBD  A^MSTROKO 


tnsurr4ct49rk'iittr- 


-    •  41 

"  •  In  the  presence  of  God  I  do  voluntarilv  declare  thnt  T  i»nH  ^^^^^^ 
Sadeavoring  to.form  a  brotherhood  of  afi-ectKm^^^^^^ 
hgious  persuasion,  and. that  I  will  also  persevere  mKSvor^  to  nhtafn 
*i  equal,  full,  and  adequatp  representation  of  all  the  peK  of  Snd  '  ■ 

Z?n  T  ^'f  ""^  f^^  ^""'"*  ^'^  '«  »he:acf  of  p'iyer     Mercvtas  ostfi  ■ 
opon  the  sole  condition  that  he  would  acknowledge  himS  tot  a  fufltJ 
man.    His  fortitude  was  assailed  through  the  affections  Tahrntltr  nil  i^ 
^ears  andprayers,  and  lamentations  of  a  beloved  wfrandftSSut^U^^'' k-l 

fa?he;t''o^^wr'5f '^  *'^.«^  *^«  affectionfof^l„d\lMnTfe£ 
?f  fe  w      -^^  *°'^  happy  home.    Li/e  ^as  dear,  for  he  was  Sihe' season 

:Ja  ^^^'  enjoyment.    Children  and  wife  were  dear,  and  friends  were  dpa? 

"jte«f  *"  V^r  r"'  •'**  '^''^^^  «"''  h'«  <'"'h  were5ear"r  still  •'"' 
nessJd'fh?m7wt'ts^l":''""^^'  ''  '  '^^«  ^^""^ ''  »«^^  ^^  thoSwho  wit- 

t^'^'^l^l^rrZXr'^^^^^^    ^^^-  ^^^  presiceteTaSl'Sl 

•'fl.rlJt^.u^®.  ^'''^"*  close^-here  let  the  curtain  fall.    I  will  not  lead  vn.< 

SJ  fStJLl"^"  *"*'  ^**  *°'J[?^«^  «?"**»»  °»»''<'«^  too  Wdeous  lo  be  told 
too  foul  to  have  a  name.'    Let  this  serve  as  the  «pitome  of  Ireland's  histnn;! 

deirdrhlf  «il?1J^t':r'  and  cr„elty ;  a  V^mtm  t"al  wwffi 
-;;;k    if  .L  '   ""  *"'*'  and;  torture,  and  ruin,  to  such  men  as  this  allipd  if«ir 

^t^rS— •'^'  ""T'P'  ""l^'^ '  '^"^  'f  I  have  any  dtle  "o  youi  favor  « 
IhllJl^''''  °'  **'*9*''  J^^'''^  y°"  partiality  woild  imput J?o  meJbut  thiJ 
itifcS    °'  "*  ""y  oPPo^'ion  to  this  misrult  sincere.^  r3ute.    And 


t 


u 


to  take  unlawful 
that  this  enact* 
id  'peep  of  day 
aged,  rewarded, 
:  they  aimed,  for 


^       J(|HN»WARNFOED  ARMSTRONG.' 


We  hear  a  great  deal  ~  about  Vacation  in  these  timw  -■nil  if  thn  »i.<»i- 
^«Mter  pu«„e  .  p|«  by  whiqh  men  amy  be  rSdTreS  wTs^r'SJd  bel!«^S 


42 


JOHN  WiCBNFORD  ARJISTHONG. 


'■a 


't: 


\ 


,   on?icSrtt"Ste"i^?  -'"^  could  neithe^r^d^or  wrl.e,  not    •  1 
to  deliver  up  wSwd  fc^M  t^  ^^'^5^  ^'?'''^''t^!4^t' »«r  ^  .1 

mense  rewards  in  nicn;  Sled  Sciumi^^^^^^^  I™' 

the  very  poorest  and  Avorst  educi^ed  r./fnr?    T^,"T"'  ™"">'  thousands  of 
Inlbrniers  and  spiek  eZd  onl v  he  fnln  I        '  ^^•^"larslup  went)  of  tfte  people.       \ 
haps  in  no  land  a?e  the  ma^S  n%  /,?     r     """"^  '}'''  '''"""^  °^'^J>«  »?e!    Per-        : 

^  and  France  they  are  beh"d  tlic  Un  ed  sf.'.n'  "'  '^'f^  ""^-'^  ?■  ^'-  I"  I^"l»in  '  ' 
Union,  the  officers  apSted  to  tK^lf»  .  ""l^l"!?;.';"  this  highly  favored  'I 
hundred   thousand  SfnersonJo.ViiJ^'''*^^^^^^ 

could   either  r6ad  or  writ?^    S^^^^^T  ^*^"' '^^"^^  ^ 

would  be  well  to  reflecTupon  the  letn^^l  .  •  f  ^  ^?  undervalued,  however,  it       . 
many  peoples,  who  have  nTintLr,.nLl  H""^  '^"#.^'  °''  '^'^  ^^'^^'of       ) 

.  reading  aAd  writing.  """''  possession  the  keys  of  human  knowledge, 

were  tempted  by  EnglS  golS  to  LS-  ?^p     f  J^-^''t  ^"'^   informers  who 
was,  in  1798,  an  officer  of  ^he  S„„'i'^^  ^'^J'''"i^."r'«&  the  eighteenth  century, 

licly.  thanked,  JeS;j,'and  tl  eS^W  S 'J?  ^'^ ^"^^  ""^'^  P"^ 
magistrate.  I  am  told  that  he  stiuS  Jodi^  roy^l  Ammission  as  a  British 
-  victims  of  his'youthful  denrai^itv  W  f,?fr  '•"•!«"='"?  '"  «''!  a^e  oyer  the  innocent 
him.  A  perusal  of  my  2mo?^'^^^^^^^^  3'S  i?""  ^^"'"'  ""^^'^  hired 
to  his  character,  while  the  fonL^li  ^  ^^^  ^^^""'^^  ^'^  "fford  a  clue 
for  obeying  his  oSers  lo't^tuS  wX"iii  il' thl" «  ''■  Y'''''  ^"""^J^^ 
which  he  was  merely  a  vile  instTumem  n  ft  ♦"•  ,  ^""^'i  government,  of 
apology  to  the  reader  f«r  in trll?.?^'  i"  "^  *'"^  '="'°'"''  ^^^  '"rm  an  ample 

couldt  morfhSrSbleThan  to t  "o^hal^oT;  '^'°^^'  ""'  \™"'^«'  ^^^ 
honored  sUch  monsters  as  RevnnlL  a?!  a  ^*-S*'r™'*^^'»' that  used  and 
United  Irishmen?  i^eynolds  and  Armstrong  •    Who  can  blame  the 

me'JceS'ry  lis,  w^^^^^^^^^  Sov^  K^'  ''T  ^^"^  ^««"'P^^v«  "^  the 
his  step.J-to  spHntVhis  priS  ftfrr"^  J"'  victim-to  dod^e  about 
path,  which  well  awl  es  tTSTt^^n^^^^p^'^  ^°".se,  pud  crawl  a^out  his 
Burke,  « the  seSs  Kstr Jcti^n  are  sol^  S^  P??- *'"^  ^"'^'^  »«  these,  says  ' 
itudes.  The  blood  of  wSesomrkiS  U  fr/."^}^'ZTP  '^"'^  «°«'«1  hal 
are  surrounded  with  snared  An  !).„t?  ^  ^^cted.  Their  tables  and  beds 
'  ^  and  comfo.^hK'SJ^'^er^  ii^f  ?«,giy«i  1^  Providence  to  make  life      \ 

This  species  of  universal  suEScvLtS""^?^'  °^  ^^"""^  '''"*  t°™?°t.  ; 
behind  your  chair  the  arbUer  5  vou?'l  ?p  l^/f*!  ^^^""^"^  ''«"*'»'  '^ho  waits 
degrade  and  abase  manS  nn/t  j  ^""^  fortune,  has  such  a  tendency  to  i 
state  of  mind,  which  alone  can  m„f  ^^^'T  '^"'^  ^^^hat  assured  and  liberS 
God  that  I  wo^d  sooneTbS  m^^^^^^^  Tnl^T^^'  ••°  ''^"^hat  I  vow  to 
opinions  I  disliked,  and  get  ff  of  the  m^n^n^f  l,^*""  '■  ™'°e«'iate  death  for 
fret  him  with  a  feverish  fein"  tainted  wl  and  h,s  opmions  at  once,  than  to 
servitude ;  to  keep  him  aboS'eZnd  I  i-^l''!^''''''*'"P/'  ''^^  ««ntagious 
rupted  himself  anS  c^uJtinJXboutWi;  "'""'''*  ""^'^  of  putrefaction:  cor- 

ofttSSfiafs^t^^^^^^ 

cantUe  and  corporate  monopSs  Ln  £  hoT^'  '*°u  ''^",'?'°^  *°*^  °^"  »»"- 
results.  Armstrong  aSa1nheoS;rv.i^  ^^"*  ^t  f«"ow«&  trial  and  its 
what  would  gratify  thrruHnffDowirsJh^^^^^^^  "^""^l^  °°'y  ^^'"^^  to  do 
der  in  cold  blood  whnpli;  tgf/Sf  VhJ  °  ^^^L^l^^^^''"  *"«"  ""t  to  mur- 


..  _  ^  ■■  -4  ...  .1 


I. 


>'■. 


* 

\ 


^  \ . 


to  society-will  rpsult 
y  prcji^Gpt,  u-JiiJe  inteff- 
riMn^lntl<!t-4ifAmoUls 
appear  anpng  the  pro- 

lei;  read  dor  write,  not 
re'  Stewart,  nor  in  1798 
of  t Mr  country.  Im- 
ttii?  many  thousands  of 
ipwent)oftliepeoiile; 
rned  of  the  age.  rVr- 
ght  to  be.  In  Britain 
'.  in  this  highly  favored 
fouAd  upwards  of  (ive 
age,  not  one  of  whom 
lervalucd,  however,  it 
aught  of  the  worth  of 
of  human  knowledge, 

I  Castlereagh,  and  the 
3  and  informers  who 
ho  eighteenth  century, 
d  has  since  been  pub- 
•mmission  as  a  British 
age  oyer  the  innocent 
c  wealth  which  hired 
ares  will  afford  a  clue 
[  of  Hugh  Wollaghan 
Iritish  government,  of 
i,  and  Ibrm  an  ample 
3le  of  America,  what 
•nment  that  used  and 
Who  can  blame  the 

k(5(  descriptive  of  the 
Etim— to  dod^e  about 
md  crawl  about  his 
such  as  these,  says 
Jurse  and  social  hab- 
rheir  tables  and  beds 
•vidence  to  make  life 
terror  and  torment. 
y  servant  who  waits 
is  such  a  tendency  to 
t  assured  and  liberal 
to  be— that  I  vow  to 
immediate  death  for 
ions  at  once,  than  to 
mper  of  a  contagious 
of  putrefaction,  cor- 

the  united  infiuences 
iking  and  other  mer- 
tUowing  trial  and  its 
i  only  desired  to  do 
?ir  men  out  to  mur-^ 


V  '9nN  WARNFORD   A9MSTR0NS.  45J 

plied,  "IJiupe  n6t-    f  v„,,  hJ„"Si  '  ""'.'''''''"'''''''•i'';    ''"  boy  re 


louche,  iid  give  iae  i  tiiViriS  ■  in'j'Yf";.'.',^  "!""'"  ,"!"'•  °""=  "o  ">  Mr-  La- 


ghan,  that  that  bov(Twr^nn\^Z.tV  V  ^"'^  P^  thf  ^ame  time  said  to  Wolla' 
ihan's  gun,  and  e/dSvS  oTri  h'fr.t'l  "'^'  '^^  "'""  ^°'  '^"M  "^  ^^olla- 
off,  graled  her  i«S^s  S.lid  ho  him^.r  """"'  T^^^"'^'^  »'*«  Sm  Went 
ed  on  a  form-turned^  hi^eves  and^i  d  ^^m7 '  ' '''i°/  ^'^^^"'^d-lean- 
laghan's  firing  the  gun,  he  weJt  out  at  S  do^  «n'i'  ^^^-^r  ""^^  <^"  ^ol- 
and  said,  « Is  nbt  t^e  do"  dead  vet  ?"  HU  ^  ,K  ^  '?•  ""i^^"'^  ^™«  '"^turned 
dead  enough  ;"  upon  wWch  WoIKlh^n  rnlr  i^f«  •'^P'r '  "  ^^  y>^'  ^"'  h«  « 
"  For  fear  he  is  nSt,  let  him  tlk i  ?h ?.  »  t'ti'  .(^"»§f "«  gun  at  him  again,) 
her  son's  head,  when  tfeTl-and&     ^^'^^^«^at  that  mstam  hold^g  u^ 

whaVeV^^aS^fbryDol^^^^^^^ 

Armstrong,1,ommanLr  KrSi^a  STv^'  ^'""l^  '■''}'^'^  •'^^»  Capt 
trayed  thishearses,  <?dered  the  veoma,i^^  '^'  •"^"™''  ""^^  «'«- 

that  "  if  they  should  meet  with  anvT/fJU.i,''*^5f  went  out  in  bodies, 

be  such,  that  they  need  not  be  aiX7rSirnf7*''>'  K'^'  ?''  '^'P'''^''  '« 
them  on  the  spotT  This  order  wis  LfnJi  n  °^. '^'"'"Sing  them  in,  but  to  shoot 

poral  K.)  coJ^mumJated  this  toTe  ctps  """^^'"^  ^^'^^  ^^^'^'  «"*^  ^'  (^or- 

Kinyfcol'tfSti?TaM7„'''hl?'''^-'^  A™«^'o«.^  of  the 

ANY  REBeIs  WHOM  iiE  SUITED  ^'^^Tn^f'*^        ^^  ^^^^ 
command  to  do  the  same."    LieutSt  Tomi,n"„  '°l''.,'''!,P'^ople  "nder  his 
swore  that  as  to  the  rebels   "k  wTLnol. if  ^^'^^^ 
given.not  to  bring  in  prisoners  "  S«""ally  miderstood  that  orders  were 

count?ytitt"t  r^LlV'^U'vIrilVbd-P^'^^r  °^  ^!l^  ^'^^^  ^°  -"  the 
duty  to  shoot  anyrebTthevmetZhh    al  '?'J  understood  it  was  their 

heard  that  other^corps  had'siSr'cl.ttTonTKhtl^ria""''  ^"'  ""'  ^'^'^ 

^^Sti^i'ii^^^SiTr^^^^ 

to  the  land  oFBridsh  jSstic?  W^^^^^^  ?  ^'^'PP'"^  '»»«'»  ^« 

could  his  comrades  in  c^Shavell^terwile'  '  Thev  I  '"'^f  "^l"  ."^ 
down  the  disarmed  Irish,  monthraLr  tbTrJt.^^''^™^^^^^fb^*'^  «^^^ 
walking  into  their  houses  and  m?,r^»;r    t«  '^'^olt  was  over,  in- c6d  blood,  , 
could  tSey  ^n^lh^SlZi^TtZVtX^  "^  ' 

-  .^^Ptam^mstrong  received  no  censurrbli  1!^^ ±^1  1  »r. 


Ws  wishes.    VXtSTeh^^ 

Marquis  of  Corawallis  affent  forPWi^lJ  P"«">g  ona  show  (if  justice,  the 


irt  martial,  of  which 
ober,  1798,  by  order 
?g"e*niaker,  on  the 


,-ff  . 


\ 


♦■  >■;■ 


44 


TBK  0  REItLTS. 


y 


r 


-T-r 


.        ^"J'n^A^^l^^^^*^^  ULSTErI^ENBRALS  ANDREW 
^^    AND  ALEXANDER,  AND  COL.  EDMUND  O'REtL^LY. 

roett  against  Algiers,  was  aa  Irishman-some  of  the  Sost  5iSmn,1K  ^ 

"   atS;^  wlre'S^e?ir'^^^^  at  the  tttK  FoSn^tl 

3^nT!!f  th    r.  ,t  V  ^^  *P-?«gh  O'Reilly,  an  eminent  catholic  divine  ftresi- 
dent  of  the  catholic  cjjUege  in  Antwerp,  and  a  near  relative  of  Henrv  O'Rpmr 

the  learned  aut^hor  of  the  History  of  Rochester  and  wSm  N^^^ 

ist  ot^TtSattetSr""  °'  ^"'"'^»/'  wasto7eligh7ed''whhlS 
Zhi^lU5^^Tlf^^^  his  papers  at  his 

^^fPfaysT^Sr  Lfelf-S  SSSi^SiaS;: 
.      il^lSlSrhJijugraT^^^^^^  --  ^-  principSTytrel 

Andrew  O'Reilly,  Count  O'Reilly,  General  of  Cavalry.in  the  Austrian  armr 
A   may  be  considered  as  the  last  warrior  of  that  disSgS£  class  SfSV    ■ 
o^cers,4he  contemporaries  or  eleves  of  the  Lacys.  S^S^TLoudons  Brad^ 
«nd  Browns,  so  renowned  in  th^  reigns  of  Maria  Theresa  and  Jbsenh  TT     fr-  *• 
2^  the  second  son  of  James  O'Remy  of  BaTnco^^^^^  ^ 

Sl.?''^,^ra  ^''°f*^*"^^>^'«f  Thomas,  tl^'jS^  \ 

SfiustrSL  Arrnv  1;^"^  «»»«  remnants  of 

Z^  on  h  L  aI  J  i  ^k"'^!^"^-.  /"  ^»y'  1809,  be  was  Governor  of  Vienna. 

•nd  on  him  devolved  the  tink  of  honoraBly  capitulatins  with  Nanoleon  ihi 

^'""'^Lf^^.^^'  .^°""*  O'ReiUy  died  at  the^  KnTty-two  '^n  vfenna 
ChS';?  •''^P^  *••"  r''  ofWeral  of  Cavalryin  thrSrirn'Arn^!and 
SLSvtaTho?nrM"?l'-2^''''J"P^^^  ^''^^  °^  M*"»  Theresa.  H^sister 
SedSfi  *^'''*-    No  son  or  daughter  inherits  his  b<^ors.    He 

;       Colonel  Edmund  Biii  O'Reilly,  Governor  of  Lanesborough,  gave  Ginckle  no 

'  iulhS,""%{"T  ?'  '^''f  ??r  '^^  Shannon,  prevfousTth?  battle  Sf 
iTn/  .J  J^t*  Governor  of  AtLlone,  Maior-General  John  Wauchope,  a 
Sipni  S^«**^'»«'»"'  '^aAed  Colonel  O'Rdilly  that  General  Ginckle  t^uld 
SSks  on  th  r'  **  '\^  Lanesborough  ford,  and  the  latter  threw  uj  Z^g 
^?n„!i  "^^  Connau^ht  side,  so  that  the  design  had  to  be  abandoned.  ThS 
Sme  XV  •?'*  r''*^/u^ni?^*'»««"«»«°^*«dP0^«rf«l  house  ofS 
E;^^!^?;il'^i.?^.^!!?,"I*^^^""^^'^°.^^^^^^^^  nobility  ^fTHstPr  '     " 


1 


^ 


oTeillv  Kan„  "^"^  possessions  m  1607-Ke  was  a  son  d^  Col.  PhUip 
C»VhnuL  •  Jallynacargy  Castle,  who  commanded  the  troop»  of  the  IrisK 
SS  .2?*'' '"  ^?'*^'°  .*.•»?  1™«  "^  C^iarles  I.  In  King  James'STarmy,  ia  169° 
«<»'»1^0PPO8mg  English  domination  were  Cd<mel  J^^ 


X. 


ng's  cavalry  corpg,  and 
at  private  reward  Hugh 
secret  archives  of  Diift 
rdered  boy  wer^  forgot- 
ty,  the  blood  of ^her  in- 
nt|  are  remembered  ia 
m  Emmlt's  epitajih  is 
)ogherty's. 

It  who  employed  'such 
ill,  and  their  colleagaes 
; — Castlereagh  podded  , 
United .  States,  forbade 
prisoQ-house  for  other 


lALS  ANDREW' 
ND  O'REILLY. 


y,  and  maf|r  of  them, 
lave  arrived  at  great 
:  The  General  Conde 
idable.  Spanish  armi^- 
e  niost  distinguished 
attle  of  Fontenoy  and 
catholic  divine,  presi- 
ve  of  Henry  O'Reilly, 
item  New  York,  was 
so  delighted  with  fiS 
ong  his  papers  at  his 
^ice,  the  better.  Our 
n  uncommon  charac 
principle,  they  gener- 

li  the  Austrian  army, 
iiished  class  of  IrSi/ 
ns,  Loudons,  Bradys, . 
I  and  Joseph  IL    He  ' 
Westmeath,  Ireland, 
ourth  Earl  of  West- 
red  the  remnants  of 
Governor  of  Vienna, 
with  Napoleon,  the 
nety-tv?o,  in, Vienna, 
Austrian  Army,  and 
Theresa.    His  sister 
its  his  feopors.    He 


"h,  gave  Ginckle  no 
ious  to  the  battle  of 
John  Wauchope,  a 
?ral  Ginckle  would 
ter  threw  up  strong 
le  abandoned.  The 
nrerful  house  of  his 


m     '  \  ^         ^^^  JOT  VCBACKEN.    •/    ,  '■'  .  •     '  ^j 

*' IrelandVCase  briefly  statd  "wis  m»H/ri    i"=  r  {^^''"j' 'i>f  ^aw,  author  of 
«nd  was  King  i^xn^i^xZl^rl^rtZS^^ 

member  of  the  Jristparliamem  thai  v^nr  fn  '^J!-    ^^"^^  Oge  O'Reilly  wai 
and  John  Reitly  reprtJented  the  Coumrof  ^^^^^       oT  "'^  S^^""'  '^"'^  ^hi"P 
J»ad  raised  one  regiment  of  IboraKothpr  nV  .^^^""'^  ^/'"'J'*^  ^"''  ^^o 
reared  to  France  (^th  the  S  aray  ^''r  .h/<^,?r^T'  ^fr^"^  J*™««. 
his  ^randson,a  captain  in  the  re"St  of  n  N     ^•^"^^'^^'l  9^  I'lmerick,  and 
con3idered_^(says  aiacGeoheg^)  cSKf  ?he  ch^, '  'V\l  '"'?  '?'S«''«'  ^«» 
he  Irislt  bards,  in  1787,  nTen4ns  Mad^m  m  ' •„^'«''^«''  *he  historianof  , 
„  '^'ngr  the  last  of  that  noble  but  Sortun^t«Tn,^^^^^^^^^^     countess  of  Cavan,  as  ' 
(says^O'Callaghan  in  his  GreeL  Boo^^^^^^^^^^  oflshoots 

aiid  Cayan,  and  there  are  not  a  few  in  impri^n     n  ^  ««'%  survive4ii  Meath 

hi^.hy,arede^5Snt:'^aS^^^ 

,   ^^^^^^tS:t^  I-land,in  the  ye^ 

His  careQnwas  brilliant  and  successfSl  til    .l.n^/°i^^  ''Tl'''^ »"  «"ly  age. 
difon.    He  was.a  catholic,  but  o^wha  fill' f*/^^^^^  "'^  tte  Algerine  expe^    . 
been  able  to  ascertain.     Hi;  death  tlk  pkS  in  SnL^n  n^^*  '^*°J  ^  ^'^^^  ^«t 
The  armament  fitted  out  by  Spain  aS?  ^.^P^^'^^^f  a^ryadvaofted  age. 
.^ast  centqry.  and  placed  unde^rlhe  SoSSdt  ^r"'  ^°Tl^  i.***  close  ofX  , 
was  one  of  a  most  Ibrmidable  charLte?^    Thiri  «'"*''■'  ^^^  Conde  O'Reilly.  ' 
wclve  Ingates.  and  thirty-three  sma  1«  JtluZ-lu  "''  ''P^'^^-hattle.  ships 
General  Romana,  who  fell  beLe  Sw  a^'tlJ^''  T  rT^  "^^^'^^O  mSi. 
f,=»»°»«°10'B^iIly.and  thwa«e7hhh'"eat1v  k  c^^^^^^^ 
the-^  beach  near  Alders  80 onn  iU!,!>,Lk  f  ^      council  and  elsewhere.    On- 

>yasion.-bm,hey  S'itS.^drceruToA'^ 
/^treated  wiUi  CTeat  loss  •  thp  ivr^^I     ^    ^  "  *"®  *^"y'  ?«'  inghtened.  and 

ot^ained  an  imSe  qTanJ  ^^ft,  taf/sto'^es^r  *°  ^^  5^ ^^^  ^^ 
some  to  have  displayed  but  Jittll  «!    ,„  ^  .  i  ."®  commander  is  said  bv 

he  attacked:    He  was  at  thVt .      °^''"*'^  ***^J?'  °'  knowledge  of  the  coS 


I  son  of  Col.  Philip 
troops  of  the  Irish 
nes's^^rmy,  iii  169^ 
'Belliy,  comnundcr 


;.:    .HENRY  JO,y  M'CRACKEN.'   , 

l)aSf  o^SSlS  S^TT*'^^'*^  Wsfi;rmy  atthe  #di:^^t 
nies,    Previo^t'ofhe  sTrifee  fo^fi^S  hy  Ihe  English  auSS! 

tensive  business.   «  treedom  he  Was  a  cotton  manufacnirer  in  ex- 

^f^'^'^'^^^^^^  Tlielrishad. 

Vfod  Irishmen  singinff^thrMaTseilots  hvm„"f '\*°'^  ^^^^  '^d  the 

^     and  bravel»/4c  «e(,«?«  were  drfeaS    Ln5^«K      "  n^°™5v,  -^'"  fig'»t''>g  long 

Jiung  by  orders  of  Xe  barbaro,!;  S  t^  ^^^  ^^"^'^*  M'Cracken  seized  3 

jVf.hisn'byecomynTonJ  .^^JTeS^^^^  ':Ifawhil,>idX 

•    I.  were  confined  by  th^  helmpf  wK;„i.  it  I^j  J°®  "^'d'  l*'^  loose,  flowinff  locks 

I    his  pye  beamed  Wh  S^  fl«  S  ^21?.""=''  ?^  ^"  ""^'^  bro^Ste 

his.bative  mountains,  and  gSota?^^^ 
i    The  damps  of  the  aun<rpon  k»^^^j     a      .?•'??  ^^^^^  fertilize  thevallevs 

.  I    form.  bSThe  v  g^f  f fa  mted  wS^lfl^*'^ J^'V^***^  ^^  ^^'^  'obust  iS 

;      -^f  defeat.    A^^eTsetefefe^lts'^nff  ^^^^ 

^!-    Chrcumstances  univoSabk  se^»r  *^''^£^»«^^ 


■^ 


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1:. 


46  CftfEr  J09TICE  BUTtOWK-BAjroi^I^flut  ANTHONT  WATITR 

•CHIE^it  JUST  ICE  Ry^Tj^^GE/ 


CoSudS^lfl  ft!f'^  «  *"^'''"'  of  Edward,  andone  of  the  signers  of  the 
SS^     ^  ^-  ^°"^*'  ^'H^*'  w'»«  educated  jn  Europe,  took  an  early  and 
Jil«  ^  K-'^K*'  P"'  «  support  o^:A«r5rican  freedom,  was  a  member  of  Aec^n 
f???  nnn''*  ™''  "'  New  YorirnTsS.  and  of  that  which  m"t?nPhSaJerph'a 

^o™»  -J  ^''^^  Darned  learned  and  illustrious  body'  In  March  1776  h*  be 
came  president  of  South  Carolina,  was  chosen  eovenior   and  took  tdfi^M 

sSon  forTCTr'^.  Tl  '"  ^•'«'^'-  R«tledf:;SdtVamU  a  S 
Snmh  Pol  I-  '*  ^"."^^  S«ate9-m  1791  he  was  appointed  Chief  Jultice  6? 

He'^waXt"?;  ni^lT"'',^  ''"^"??^  ^'^f  ^"«''^«  «<■  "^«  UnheS  Statel 
1800  rT^Trin.?!^'  r  ?""■?'•"*•  T*»'«  »W«  statesma.^  died  January  23d, 
ArnprSpfT  /  T  •'?  ^^  fo'^'gners,  penise  this  volume,  and  learn  what 
America  owes  to  Irishmen  and  their  sons  and^^daughters ' 


♦MAJOR-GENERAL  ANTHONY  WAYNE*. 

P Jj?*^^'^'^^"'^''f^  2'''^'^*'  "^  *•»«  American  armv,  was  bom  at  East-town. 
faS^rnX"  of%f  r  "f  •[*'^«"K1745.    His'  iather  waTa  laSer  ffi 
innTII'      ?i"^®  **^  Ireland,, in  Which  his  grandfather  had  commanded  a 
ITnt     t1  ;SrJ'"**'fT'"r'  ^'^"«^«*"  oranges  thSfeofth J 
paSt'icWavie    i^«^f?**^  to  Pennsylvania  in  17&.    The  youthful  and 
elec  ed  thSolonfi  rf/  'eg"xie»t  ^^Qlumeera  in  1775,  was  unanimously 
'  diviJon  of  [he  n^rmv^         Commission  frOm  congress  in  1776,  commanded  a 
aid  soiid  dSrrS    \  ^^Sl"K^  ""^  BranJlywine,  and  displayed  both  courage 
Jda  XrP  hP  J^,«  c'    ^  i'?^  ''^  accompanied  General  Thompson  into  ci 
braved   and  Jvp/~'"l'**  mto  action.^  In  the  defeat  he  behaved  with  grSi 
whS^hP  onn^^?i  fJ"^*  ^°^y  2*^  •*>«  "»»y'  ''y  the  judicious  .manr^ 
Sis  battfe  Sf  wlrJ^r'  '?"T  ^i'^l  '*•*  general  was  made  prisoner.    In 
of  irS  L  cJJ^'^^S  received  a  flesh  wound  in  Ws  leg.    In  tL  campaign 
ot  1776,  he  served  under  General  Gates  at  Ticonderoca   who  estee^d  h.^ 
ti^iTcr°V"J^'  TVT  ^'^^^a^ifitary  talentrbuTfbr "his  SowTedge'S 
i^iudK  nV  hi-  u?  ^"i  °f.  ^""'  ^'»^^  ^'^  «y«  ^as  neatly  c^ujil  to  a  measurb 
iVoffifp/    Ite'!^?  andjlistances,  a  talenf  of  incalcufable lonsequence  in 
Th?S;«t^L  w,J  K*  °^'^'^  campaign  he  wastjreated  a  brlgadiS-generat 
aS&i  andXthir.*  f  "'''*  "^^i^^^^  effieientofficer,  received 

Snc?«' t~.fc  o  tnankii  of  congress  for  his  "brave,  prudent,  and  soldieriv 
Snr.?«  -^^  *  conspicuouWpart  in  the  caiiipaign  thaUended  in  CornwSlisJ 
SdtiZi  rf  hK^-^'l'^S  "  valuable  fe,S;at  the  close  of  the  war  in 
mSKeamJbn  iSn'-w^^*  '''9'^'%^f  ^eWral  St.  Clair  in  the  com- 
»bte  treaty   anyL?l.?tS;^*S°""''l'  ^""^^"^^  *»"«  I°*«ns,  made  a  favor- 

WKsi  !!^.k  L  '/"A?""*  ''""«'*  on,the  shore  of  Lake  Erie. 
17TO  hp  ^pifiti?"^  ?^^  "^^  '?*''l"S °°  *h«  »"*«k  «n  Stony  Point,  in  July, 
Si  Lrhe  altf ?n*K2°  •*"•  5"?*^'  ^u^^*^'*  **  ^««  «"PPo««d  wodd  prove 
SeSd  »o  nrS?,!S  ^  '^^"u'^  i"'°  *^«  ^°''^«'  »t"  he  might  die  on  the 
Sember  of  thTtti^*'"?"*'  '*'*'  ''^  recovered.  In  1787  he  subscribed  as  a 
Se"mcoLtfSJdr„^teVl°°7f''™'  the  instrument  which  declared  the 

S^ctober  1SS    ri^o^rw  ^'""'^^  '°  ''^P»'»  °^  the  supreme  law! 
Chmeh  S«.p;  n'  <5e°"«» ' Wayne's  remains  Were  removed  to  Radnor 
derLlSron  5?;!%  ^;r?y^r»l«'  ^y  Ws  son  Isaac~the'Cincinna?X 
SmrfohfsSlm^o'^fhlS'*"  **'^'"'  appropriated  «500  to  erect  a 

Snnfejfi'l'!?  ?/J."!^F^°'  'ft  1776,  felt  the  full  force  of  a  remark  of  Gov. 
pMji'yaai.  mat  "  ao  pnca  w  too  mkm  m  hi.  rmiii  r.ip  th«  w.«i«.*u..w^-  -*■ 


i 


¥ 


f  "SJdenel     V^JT^*'! '""  *l"^"  '^'^'  ^*^  f"'  ^^6  mftlmWfclide  of  OUT  A 

WWCT"    6m;t«?{„^'"'**T**°  ^^  5^  ^"»^f>^  «»  subjection  to  a>foreigt»  1 

S-"  Let  ^^Z  ^'*  '*P^y  *°  "°  ^''^^^  »*'  the  Irish  toluntecK,  exclaS  ^ 
SloughSb^aSXSnSlL'^''  i«  *  Pro^e  wl^^  .trengtk 


"traoNT  yrme, 

•ne  of  the  signers  of  the 
irope,  took  an  early  and 
IS  a  member  of  tlie  con- 
ch met  in  Philadelphia, 
the  most  accomplished 
In  March,  1776,  he  be- 
nor,  and  took  the  field 
listed  in  framing  a  con- 
inted  Chief  Justice  6f 
i  of  the  Unhed  Statf^fe. 
naiji  died  January  23d, 
ume,  and  learn  what 
fs! 


_  '  WJT.  EDWARD  BB05IO00I.Kt 

REY,    EDWAllD   DROMGOOLE. 


If 


WAYNE. 

as  bom  at  East'town, 
er  was  a  tanner  and  a 
!r  had  commanded  a  . 
^e,  at  the  battle  of  the 
2.    the  youthful  and 
775,  was  unanimously 
n  1776,  commanded  a 
lisplayed  both  courage 
i  Thompson  into  Can- 
le  behaved  with  great 
!  judicious  <mann«F  in 
s  made  prisoner.    In 
;g.    Iq  the  campaigo 
1,  who  esteemed  him 
for  his  knowledge  a« 

J'  r  equ^l  to  a  measure 
able  Jonsequence  in 
i  a  bngadier-generat^  ' 
i«ient  officer,  received 
)rudent,  and  soldierly 
ended  in  Corowallis4 
!  close  of  the  war,  id  / 
it.  Clair  in  the  com-' 
dians,  made  a  favor- 
.t  the  age  of  SI,  in  a 
J  Erie. 

Stony  Point,  in  July, 
pposed  would  prove     | 
he  might  die  on  the 
17  he  subscribed  as  a     ] 
which  declared  the     f 
i  supreme  lawl  ] 

removed  to  Radnor 
— the'Cincinnati^So*     | 
ted  $500  to  erect  a     I 

f  it  remark  of  Got.  I 

inslniifenatice  of  our  | 

jection  to  a  foreign  I 

volunteers,  exclaim-  | 
ifho,h|iTe  strengtk 


Tins  venerable  preacher, and  revolutionary  patriot— the  father  of  George  a 
ProiHgoolc,  a  Member  of  the  present  Congress  for  Vrrgiuia— was  a  native  of 
Ireland,  and  held  the  first  Methodist  Class-meeting  in  America.  • 

hd  ward  Dromgoolfc  was  born  in  Sligo,  in  Uie  province  of  Connaught.  When 
a  youth  he  came  to  Anierica,  a  poor  boy,  with  religious  impressions  and  a 
strong  desire  for  religi«u\freedom.  He  landed  in  Philadelphia  in  1772-came 
to  Baltimore— and  resided  in  that  city  or  its  vicinity  with  a  Mr.  John  Haggertv. 
a  tailor  by^trade,  and  a  b.an  of  most  exemplarv  'pietv.  Edward  Dromgoole 
had  been  brought^up  in/ Inland  to  ihe  trade,  of  a  linen-weaver.  When  he* 
came  to  reside  wi'lhJVIr.  Ha^rgerty,  that  he  might  not  eat  the  bread  of  idleness. 
Ire  assisted  him^m  the  business  of  tdiloring.  The  thimble  with  which  he 
worked,  belorc  the  revolfition,  is  still  carefully  preserved  in  the  family.  They 
^worked  together  and  Myed  together:  and  thus  formed  a  social  and  religious 
.  attachment  which  enured  during  their  joint  lives,  and  ^  the  survivor,  Edward 
Dromgoole,  to  th<5  dajr  of  his  death,  cherished  with  the  fondest  recollection 
the  memory  of  his  jTeparted  friend.  They  were  disciples,  or  followers,  as  it 
was  termed  in  those  days,  of  John  Wesley.      *  -  •  .  »»  « 

In  1774  Edward  Dromgoole  commenced  preaching.  While  residing  with 
Ta^^r^lf'  ?.°^^^T"'  ''^  ^^""^^'^  a  society,  or  class  of  Methodists,  and  held 
the  hrst  Methodist  Class-meeting  in  America.  ", 

Fi-om  a  sense  of  duty  he  entered  upon  the  plan  of  itineraiitJabdr  in  the 
ministry.  Hfe  proceeded  from  Maryland  to  Virginia,  and  travelled  extensively 
m  thb  latter  state  and  in  North  Carolina.  His  adopted  America  engrossed  all 
nis  leelings  of  attachment  to  country.  Without  mingling  in  political  discus- 
sions and  cpntroversy,  he  was,  like  John  Bunyan  and  John  Newton,  th«f 
ardent*  prayerful  advocate  of  civil  and  religious  freedom. 

In  the  very  mcipiency  of  the  war  between  the  Colonies  and  Great  Britain.  • 
he  hesitated  not  one  moment  in  deciding  whether  he  should  owe  allegiance  to 
America  or  England,  but  quickly  and  voluntarily  repaired  to  his  friend  and 
t,hnstian  brother  Robert  Jones,  a  magistrate  in  the  county  of  Sussex;  Vir-  , 
f  "1**^>.'?*"  ™  great  respectability  and  undeubted  patriotism,  before  whom 
ne  toolc  the  oath  of  allegiance  and  fidelity,  administered  at  his  own  request, 
*°M*  <'^"'fi'='**eof  "f^'i'ch  he\:onstantly  kept  with  him. 

Mr.  Droingoole  travelled  during  the  war  of  the  revolution,  everywhere, 
performing  M  mmisterial  functions.  He  was  in  the  neighfcbrhood  of  Halifax, 
worth  Carolina,  when  the  news  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  was 
received,  and  after  preaching  to  a  large  congregation,  he  read  to  ihem  from 
his  stand,  at  the  request  qj^  Wilie  Jones,  Esquire,  and  other  distinguished 
patriots  of -the  town,  that  ever-memorable  manifesto.  °        •      , 

•  ^lol^™***"'  Brunswick  County,  Virginia,  where  he  resided  until  his  death 
m  18J&,  in  the  84th  y«ar  of  his  age,  having  been  a  minister  of  the  gospel  for 
.  more  than  threescore  years.  ,,,, 

.  He  intermarried  with  Rebecca  Walton  in  that  county,  whose  ancestors  had 
immigraled  at  an  early  period  fiom  England  to  Virginia,  but  whether  they 
descended  from  the  family  of  the  bishop  who  compiled  tl^e  polyglbtt  bible, 
.^r  f rom  old  Izaak  the  fisherman,  is  not  clearly  ascertained.  They  livetf  Ban. ' 
pdy  together— raised  and  educated  a  family  of  children,  of  whom  George  C. 
uromgoole,  at  present  a  mepjber  of  Cppgress,  is  the  youngest— and  left  them 
a  competency,  acquired  neithter  by.  speculation  npr  extortion,  but  the  result  of 
economy  and  honest  industry.  Of  such  are  the  nqbility  of  America.  The 
class  who  prefer  to  wepve,  sew,  and  plough,  rather  than  gamble  cSlite  in 
Idleness,  are  the  bone  and  sinew  of  free  institutions. 

The  weavers  of  Europe  are  among  the  earliest  and  most  nsefbl  clasr  of 
American  immigraiits-Columbus  was  a  weaver  and  the  son  of  a^Weaver;  but 
-ina    iMiivca  in  hig-d«^  hud  eHiabliabed  no  Luman-taiiff  nor  tweiily-y ear 


/ 


CM 


^Ir      L^n ,,        .     ..JLi     ""  toiauuDMcu  uu  uumau>uinu  uui  iweuiy-year- 

ahen-bdl  to  add  to  the  difficulty,  expense,  and  perils  attendant  on  a  settlement 
ot  the  western  world  by  their  adventurous  brethren  from  beyond  the  AUantio 
.Tt!!i  *^  ]»2^«n  royalty  ttied  the  experiment  in  part,  prior  to  the  revolution, 
t  prodoeed  effects  that  had.not  been  dearly  witicipat^; 


4ff 


^ 


EEVOLUXION'Anr  COLOXELSF, 


.C0:L0-?IELS  MOYLAN,  STEWART.PROCTOR,  ArltEl       • 
;   ■•  '        .  FITZtJERALD.     "  .  • 

•ho  f^  ']"'!•''"'?  ^"'  "'"'^  "^  ^^^^  .ftcts  relative  to  these  Hibernian  heroes  of 

Mr^i^f^^^'l^''''''''''"''  "  ^"''i''"'  «*'»"♦  ^>'«  ^'-  Custis,  was  an  officer  of  cav- 
'   •':  Twn  ?•  ^™T«=*>\^7'-  «f  177G,  often  attached  to  the  person  of  the  genel 

"  Moylan,  Carroll,  and  a  thousr  ::d  fieroes  may  sleep  in  the  silent  tomb  but 

-^Colonel  Walteb.  Stewabt,  who  commanded  the  foarth  PennsvlTania     ^ - 
^  ment  at  the  Batde  of  Brapdy  wine,  and  ol"  whose  opportune  Srv  and 
mHuary  skill,  honorable  mention  is  made  by  Mr.  CustisI  was  a  native  of  Ire-        ; 

■"  ^^  ^*s  Wa"y  Stewart,  says  Custis,  "  who,  at  the  battle  of  the  Brandv- 
wmc,  commanded  the  4ih  Pennsylvania  regiment,  composed  of  newly-raised        ^ 
S;«  .^  '^"J  ^'i""",  *^."  ^'''''^  ^'''^^'^y  ^''^^^  duwn^wo  files ;  The  youn;   ^   ^ 
beami    lH^AV'^^f^'T^'  ^^^'"  Stewart-called  in  the  army  th/S 
?hp  fc   t^-f  ^'?"J  tis  charger,  and,  placing  himself  ih  the  gap  madTby 

^   SSiAaSSj'J^^'^  "^"^  '^^^"  -"'^'  -y  •><'y«'  tIeL  ieK       j 

M^^!Ia  u  ^"'^  ''^°°^  ^^'^  flowedon  behalf  of;  American  liberty-the  no-  I 

blest  and  bravest  spirits  from,  the  Emerald  lUe  have  perilled  life  and  freedom'  ' 

for  the  stars  and  stripes.    Subtract  from  the  defenders  of  the  Union  the  IriX  ? 

S^r  5  M  ^^^"^  *='"'^'^'"'  ^"*^  ^''«  ^^"1  undertake  to  show  tha  Uie  rerSinl  i 
be  nS?   w\^  P'^'-r*''  *'^'^-  •'T'^"^  ^    When  shall  this  debt  of  gSd; 
.  be  paid^?    When  will  America  be  able  to  publish  a  record  like  this  vo  ume   * 

^anlysonsof  the  Union,  wlio^have  draVn  the  sword  in  deSj^  I 

nP  p^^"*!*^'?  ?'^^'y  "^  ^''^  American  War,  he  tells^is  that  « two  regiments 
•  ?ivStT'¥rV2^P'i ''" -'T?'  ^"^.Sot  under  arms."    Who  srpresShe        I 
revolt?    The  Pennsylvania  Line.    And  who  were  ihey  ?    In  vol  2  d  2Vq 
Kamsyr  tells  us,  f  that  the  common  soldiers  were  for  the  irSsI  part  Siivea       1 

tly  were^Afel  rntr'  'r'/°  ^™"''^*  ^>'  ^^^  acc^We^^^/'L  o? Sh        1 
oSpentee''  discipline,  courage,  or  attachment  to  the  cause       j 

inSlS'l^*^  ^"  tes  have  no  weighty  claim  of  gratitude  upon  the  Irish-no  ■ 

mJn     w.^?"^' 'i? "  *'"'  y**  ?'*^»  •>•§  s'^o'd  '"  defence  of  &e  rights  of  Irish"  I 

sZv  ^t'  ''r''"'  T",  th«y  wJ'o»nd<^r  General  Wayne,  ki    791.  sormtd  ? 

oS    Thf??  h  bS^^'^  tlicRoyalists^to  surrender  at^he  point  of  the  ^^  t 

f»™;l  Tj  ,1:    rVr"^'^'^?'    W^*'  were'they,  under  the  same  general  that  1 
Son'    TlM°fcr%"1  ''^"  plains  0/ the  Miami,  in  fron^  of  a  'r Jya 

&™^     Tl.ee-fourths  of  the  troops  were  Irishmen.    During  the  war  of  f 

independence,  > where  was  the  Irishman  who  shrunk  from  dange?,  left  hTs  col-  ' 

prs,  and  became  a  tury  ?  .  There  Wiv.  not  one.    Ail  of  ihcm  proved  true  t^^^^^^  1 
popular  government  which  durin-r  threescore  v< ars  1  as  "^Jver  Ihed  a  droS 

of  human  blood,  nor  ba».shed  a  single  individud  Ibr  political  oSnces"       ^  ' 

<n,S;.°rffi^"'^r''?'  '''^^.'."  ^^'-  ^^"«'i«  describes  as  "a  gallant  aid  distin-      '^ 
gmshed  officer  of  the  artillery,  who  served  during  nearly  the  whole  of  the 

WaS^gtSi^r'aSSai?  '''  ''"''  ""'^^^  ^ininieLte  co^tnK? 
«MSXv£^f^^^°:>!^r^±.^ri!^.^^  the  old  Blue 


Twolution,  and  commanded  by  Washinelon.    In  the  cnmnnimT  nf  iwa  ^a 

mgton.    At  the  batUe  of  Prmceton  occurred  that  touching  sCftie  consecrated 
^lustoiy  to  mrlaau  .g  wmembranw.    THe  Amerkaa  Ut^  wor^  doSn 


u 


T 


;'*■ 


OCTOR,  Jtl^gi 


Ilibemiaa  heroes  of 
ton  P.  Custis,  who  is 

as  an  officer  of  cav- 
person  of  the  gerier- 
i-quarters.    Teeling, 

I  the  silent  tomb,  but 
ile  liberty  is  dear  to 

roarth  Pennsylvania 
portune  bravery  and 
was  a  native  of  Ire- 

«ttle  of  the  Brandy- 
)sed  of  Mewly-raised 
wo  files ;  the  young 
the  army  the  Irish 
ih  the  gap  made  by 
boys,  these  felloA/s 

;an  liberty— the  no- 
led  life  and  freedom 
the  Union  the  Irish, 
jvr  that  the  remain- 
is  debt  of  gratitude 
rd  like  this  volume,  < 
in  defence  of  green 

lat  "  two  regiments 
Vho  suppressed  the 
In  vol.  2,  p.  218, 
J  most  part  natives 
•idental  tie  of  birth, 
liment  to  the  cause 

upon  the  Irish— no 
fthe  rights  of  Irish- 
le,  in  1791,  stormed 
le  point  of  the  bay- 
same  general,  that 
in  front  of  a  royal 
During  the  war  of 
danger,  left  his  col- 
m  proved  true  to  a, 
'never  ^hed  a  drop 
:al  oircnces." 
gallant  and  distin- 
'^  the  whole  of  the'  ■ . 
liate  command"  of  ^ 

cer  in  the  old  Blue 


/ 


in  the  dawn  of  tbe 
paign  of  1776,  and 
de-camp  to  Wash- 
:  sSehe  consecrated 
roop6,  worn  down 


''^■l"-;-  ■     '         JOHN  SMILIE.  I* 

cal  rig  to  his  soldiers  «\VlJlvnn^;„o„V"'^^'^f"^^  and 

been  placed  .h»e  .fa  tSfofblT»«'''","|r  •"'''"  "'  "'"1^''  ^'  ^=^ 

was  aioar  of  musketry,  followei  bv  "om"  ifia,  fS'-shoufi'lV,""" 


r  JOHN  SMILIE. 

■a^^l^fi^"^^^^  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Foreign  Relations  in  thp 
House  of  Representatives  in  Congress,  after  John  r ' Pnlhnnn  i    •      '  u    J"* 

election,  when  he  was  found  to  be  beyond  the  nower  of.lVp  A  lio„  t  ^^^^^^^ 

tifo^isr^'  ^^f-  ^H'™'^"  ?f  trtsrin^'oJng^^^^^^^^^ 

veL?Sence''J^  ^8^2"  &  f  /f  "A^T.^  *"  ^  naturalization  after  fij; 
fcer    IfilP   thnf'tV^o  A     ^^»t  Ifind  by  « the  United  Slates  Gazette^'  of  Novem- 
..'rIIk'     ■      ^'*«.A™«"can  tones  kept  an  evil«ye  upon  him  ever  aS 

Ne»t  month^the  venerable  patriot 


patriot  breathed  his  last,-oa-the-30th^f^ 
obituarv  notice,  from   tho/uraBKin^t^..  n. 


^ 


Intem,en^  of tSX  tarasTs  •- "  '^^''^^'-^  ^"^^onai 
"Died,  in  this  citjr,  at  two  o'clock  yesterday  afternoon,  the  venerable  John 
Smdie,  a  representative  in  Congress  Lm  Pennsylvania,  kged  K  74  yejnj 
•  Mr.  Smilie  btd  been  resident  ia  America  mora  than  flHy  yean. 


I: 


50 


^vriLtiiit  cohtHAS. 


He  was  a  nauve  of  Irelan*,  but  amving  in  this  country  at  an  earfv  see  wnm 
engaged  in  the  war  oT  the  revolution  Lth  in  civil  and  miEtSJffiiS 
Since  tha  period  he  has  never  been  out  of  public  servic*,  n  c^veKs  ?n 
._thel^,slature  of  Pennsylvania,  and  of  the  United  States,  Si  wSseve'rS 
capaciues  he  has  distinguished  himself  as  the  firm  and  oade^adni  suppoJSr 
of  repubhcan  government,  and  of  his  country's  rights  irthefommenc" 
raent  of  the  present  session,  the  estimation  in  which  <,e  was  held  wi?cv£ 

of  pS^Tr  r'"''"'«''l'  ^"^1'°'^"''  station  of  Chairman  ofVheCommiuee 
^vJt^  v!o^  delations.  He  has  descended  to  the  tomb  of  his  fathers,  crowned 
with  years  and  honor,  carrying  with  him  the  profound  regrets  S  his  btimate 
acquamtances,  and  the  respect  of  all  mankind."  intimate 


15, 


I 


cfucAHbn  t 
'WHre. 
h^Wf^ear.i 


♦WILLIAM  COLEMAN. 
iitT^f  p^l*'"'"  ^^fe'  journalist  was  born  in  Boston  JJJassacfiJlHfcn  the 

New  York,  on  tlie  morning  of  Monday,' Jul/  13th,  1829,  in  thlHIEr  of 
Hn  TV  ««/^?i'«d  »»  the  Post,  in  1815.  that  his  father  was  a  n^^^Kut 
lm,m  Ireland,  but  he  was  a^teady  opponent  of  the  United  Smennm^ 
never  once  breathgd  an  audible  wist,  throvgh  his- pres^for  freeS  IV^m  a 
f«f  &Vk''?  !?  't  'S"''  «f  his  forefathers.  He  was  edSatS  for  the  b^r  unje? 
the  celebrated  Mr.  Pearson  of  Andover.  and  acquired  the  rSSbn  of  an 

ShSiVi?'^  '"'=?''''^"^  ^"^^^y^^  •"  Greenfield?  on  the  ConJecS  river 
which  chos^  Jim  as  its  representative  m  the  Massjichusetts  legislature     When 
Ae  famous  Massachusetts  insurrection,  headed  by  Daniel  sKrbrokc  out 
William  Coleman  was  one  of  those  who  took  uparms  to  dispe«e  the  inSJ: 

If  JuVS'°^  particulars  I  take  from  the  N.  Y.  Evening  Post  of  the  I4th 

"In  th^year  1794,  Mr.  Coleman  married  the  lady  who  is  now  Ms  widow 
and  came  to  this  city  where  he  entered  upon  the  Uctice^  of  law  fim  as  a 

Kanc^Sen"£rT^?'°",^^'^''=''  '4^  ^'  aCt"tL:.an"k&l'rS 
oi:     u  *  .   *,  During  the  ascaidancy  of  the  federal  partv  in  this 

state,  he  was  appointed  reporter  of  the  S^reme  Court,  a  sSk,rfr?m  which 

" XuS'u™  ^^'''  ^A'"  >^'  .'^^^  R'^^y  became  a  rJ£i ty?" 
wpr^Pan  *H  *  ™°.,^«V"a^dis^mguishedfederaIistsin  this  city,  among  whom 
W.^,Sr    ?W^?.?'  Col- Troup,  Col.  Richard  Varick,  Archibald  gS 

^ref  tcKlinhHf 'fT^-  ?^r'^?y'  ^"^^'J  '"^^  PJ«"  of  procuring  a  dany' 
paper  to^b«!^bhshed  here,  which  should  be  the  organ  of  their  party.    Mr 
Coleman,  who  was  recoinmended  by  the  boldness  ofhis  character  tlie  vSl[ 
and  clearness  of  his  style,  and  his  acuteness  in  conLoversrwarapS^ 
and  requested  to  become  its  editor.    He  undertook  the  charged?  the  new  pal 
Jemb^rf  isSl^"  ""^^'^  '^  the  Evening  Post  was  issued  on  the  iLJ^t 

tion  of  oSfl?i  long  edit^ial  career  Mr.  Coleman  sustained  the  repufa- 
Stcd  Skips  A^tK'  '''''^  *"*•  *'=,!'^'=  fionductors  of  the  public  press  iS  the 
snmllf  t^  ^  n"*®  ^^'^  ""'"^^  ^e  enjoyed  the  intimacy  and  confidence  of 
some  of  the  most  illustrious  men  of  whom  our  history  has  to  b«ist  -and  the 

satTou.^thK''"  ^"'  ^^^'^H  '^'  *"''"g«  «f  t^°^  wh?;:Sducted  « 
insdtitStlf.hn^"''  P*'"i^  «fi'»« /evolution,  whose  wisdom  framed  the 
eShemtoJl    ir°"7w'^'''/"''.'^^^ 
test  w^^ed  be^wfeK  f^^^  Ainencan  people.    In  the  long  and  bitter  conl 


-der^his  .dircctioB,  twk^a-leitding- 


Kn^'uIlfirhs'eSr"'''*'.^-    ^°  ;''?«^Pa«y  he  adhered  with  rctt 


.^'^■" 


i 


WlLLiAS  OOLEKJUt. 


81 


try  at  an  early  age,  wa» 
and  military  caiJachles. 
rvic*,  in  conventions,  in 
Jtates,  in  which  severail 
id  ondeviating  supporter 
ts.  At  the  commence* 
\ie  Was  held  was  evin- 
irman  of  the  Committee 
of  his  fathers,  crowned 
i  regrets  of  his  intimate 


J)(asEachj[HHfen  the 
house  in  l^Hptreet, 
29,  in  thffPR^ear  of 
r  was  a  native  of  Dub- 
!  United  Irishmen,  and 
ess,  for  freedom  from  a 
icated  for  the  bar  under 
I  the  reputation  of  an 
he  Connecticut  river, 
ftts  legislattu-e.  When 
iniel  Sheys,  broke  out,  f 
iS  to  disperse  the  insuc-    j 

ening  Post  ef  the  I4th     ] 

rho  is  now  his  widow,     | 
dice  of  law,  first  as  a   'f 
)rt  time,  and  afterward 
!  federal  party  in  this 
i  situation  from  which     i 
le  a,  minority, 
(lis  city,  among  whoiji     ; 
ick,  Archibald  Gracie, 
in  of  procuring  a  daily 
a  of  their  party.    Mr. 
is  character,  the  vigor     ' 
wsy,  was  applied  to, 
harge  of  the  newpa- 
<r  on  the  16tk  of  No- 
sustained  the  reputa- 
»e  public  press  in  the     • 
icy  and  confidence  of 
has  to  boast ;  and  the 
)s6  who  conducted  us 
e  wisdom  framed  the 
rsuasion  recommend- 
3  long  and  bitter  con>     ^ 
he  Evening  jPost,  un-    J^ 


He  was  so  strongly  opposed  to  the  wnx  of  1812,  that  he  stood  in  great  per- 
sonal  danger.  In  1819,  when  he  and  Governor  Qinton  were  no  longer  friend- 
ly, he  made  the  followmg  remarks  in  the  Post :— » I  understand  that  Mr.  Clin- 
ton fomplams  of  my  editorial  course  towirds  him  as  an  act  of  ingratitude,  for 
-  that  at  a  time  of  great  excitement  in  people's  minds,  during  the  last  war.  it 
was  he  who  interposed  to  prevent  my  house  being  torn  down,  and  perhaps 
my  hfi:  itself  from  being  sacrificed.  ,  It  is  true,  that  at  the  time  aUuded  to, 
when  he  i^as  mayor,  by  the  appointm^t  of  thefederal  party,  and  when  I  had 
the  honor  to  tlunfc  with  him,  upon  the  subject  of  the  wat  and  the  general  ad- , 
ministration,  I  once  mentioned  to  him,  as  the  Chief  Magistrate  of  the  city, 
that  I  had,  among  the  anonymous  threats  that  I  was  in  the  habit  of  receivinir 
daily,  one  in  my  possession  of  such  a  nature,  as  led  me  to  believe  that  some% 
thing  like  a  not  was  likely  to  take  place  that  ilight,  if  not  prevented  by  the 

. .  W'^en  Bonaparte  returned  to  France  from  Elba,  Mr.  Coleman  showed  more 

bitterness  toward  him  than  even  the  despots  of  EuTopc-he  was  angry  at 

them  because  they  had  not  shot  or  guillotined  him  inJ813: 

/  "  With  emotions  of  astonishment,  (says  Mr.  Coleman),  we  see  that  Napo- 

feon  Bonaparte,  has  again  possessed  himself  of  the  throne  of  France,  forcine 

ffifiu    {.""  to  quit  tas  kingdom  and  lus  countm    We  shall  see  the  light   , 

/and  fickle  French  people  who  but  yesterday  hailef  with  enthusiastic  delight 

'  ^fl^^iuT^  of  the  race  of  Bourbon,  to-day  rending  the  air  with  acclamations 

ot  joy,  that  the  Corsican  whom  they  denominated,  a  bloody  tyrant,  a  demon  in 

hiiman  shape,  had  returned  to  bless  them.    The  first  idea  that  occurs  is  how 

Sc  '?7"^*5i*'r'Tfu^y,^5^™!^  i"  permitting  a  man  to  live,  who  had  a 
thousand  times  forfeited  his  lite  to  the  laws,  and  whose  existence  could  not  but 
hourly  endanger  tlie  peace  of  the  world !" 

He  goes  on  to  denounce  Napoleon  as  a  "Wood-stained  villain,"  a  « stain  on 
the  human  species,"  "  a  blot  on  the  earth,"  "  a  wretch,  a  monster,"  &c.-praise! 
the  Bourbons-sneers  at  American  victories^and  indeed  durinff  the  whole  of 
tlT'/-''  ?T^^^?  '^}  '^'  ^""''l^  «^  New  Orleans,  proved  himself  an  ef- 
K!^i  V^?  of  England,  harassed  and  annoyed  his  own  country,  traduced 
SS',?*'^ '  ^*^'^°«' J«ffe?son.  and  all  who  stood  up  for  America,  and 
lauded  the  Bourbons  to  the  skies.  r  «,  ouu 

,i,f""  ^uv""  ^^  established  the  Evening  Post,  Messrs.  Clinton,  Spence^  and  * 
the  republicans,  removed  him  from  the  office  of  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  in  New 
York  sta^,  and  put  J.  M'Kesson  in  his  place^e  then  issued  his  journal  i« 
^reneral  Hamdtpn's  patronage,  as  his  organ  in  New  York.  «« 

The  writer^of  these  sketches  has  read  with  attention  much  of  the  Eveniuir 
Post,  from  1802  till  1819  when  Mr.  C.  became  a  less  active  cont/ibutor  to  ite 
columns,  and  acknowledges  that  it  displayed  great  ability,  independence 
originality,  and  mdustry-that  it  fearlessly  ekposid  many  abVset-effectSy 
Recked  in  numerous  instances  the  party  in  power  wLh  wrong  or  corrupt- 
and  was^the  work  ol  a  bo  d,  frarless,  and,  I  think,  honest  even  wKere  mistaken 
man,  with  a  vigorous  understanding,  though  somewhat  violent/in  temper. 
.  It  IS  unjust  to  censure  any  matt  for  the  sincere  expression  of  bis  honest  ooia- 
wns  m  lavor  of  or  against  any  particular,  form  of  government,  whether  it  be 
monarchy  or  democracy  Pope  denounced  the  selfishness  of  his  age,  so  did 
the  poets  and  historians  of  Greece  and  Rome,  so  did  the  federal  editor  WiUiam 
Coleman,  so  did  Thomas  Moore.  When  we  take  into  consideration  tha J  a 
large  portion  of  the  eaders  and  supporters  of  the  so-called  democratic  party 

i^\'r"^h^:!.s^;trlri^^^^^^^^^  ^K^r.  coieVi; 


»«M    r.-  Ik  Cif — 5   w..«ut,  aiiu  m  iniwer,  iuiu  mat  J«ir.  uoiei 

told,  for  the  puWic  advantage,  and  to  his  own  injury,  many  unpleasant  tri 

lu^r:'^ui':^:3!t^±l'^±^ll^^^        «'--d^is  path. 


truths 


he  opinions  of  wgich     J" 
ver  the  Union  by  the 
ired  with  the  closest 
:o  avow  its  naioe  and 


■ought  to  feel  grateful  for  the  good  he  did. 
mocracy  here— returned     —    -     -        - 


we 


cyj 
Iffl 


Cobbett  denounced  the  abuses  of  de 


WlM  greater  crimes  of  an  aristocratic  system  there-w^s  impoveriXd- 

if  PhL?"K^ti!'"'~''""^''''7-'^*^**T'*-*'»™«««<'-  Moore,  a  sincere  friend 
kil^frl^'  ^.^  very  antipodes  of  a  democrat,  lashed  the  vices  and  follies  of 
lus  own  country;  clothed  m  immortal  verse  the  meanness  and  criminal  policy 


S2 


am  PDWABD  WttLXAW  CtLOSBTSt 


:<-■■* 


#■ 


■*m 


Av*^ 


,     -smceritv,  and  doubted  the™|S^^^^^  °'  '^^'  ^'f  for'their;, 

the  unsldUuJness  or  vices  of  thj^aioritv  ofV^f  P^''?''"  '^''?™'  l'ecatise,of  *' 
•    pocrjsy,  racan  sycophancv  and  o»?nE^      ,the  peophe,  and  tlic  avarice,  W- 

InaUCcMeman'smLy^biiDs  XrP  ?n    ''%°^,™^^^^^ 

-    ft'llowiug  extract  iromXs'iSh^^^      \7dlpt!f^K"\r''^"»^'^'^ 

Forbes,  (a  liberal,)  from  the  city  of  mshin^Z''*'!'*  ^7  ^^r''^  '^*^  Viscount     • 

It  is  less  importan  that  we  slo^uhl  all  o.  r£i    '  '^'l"'  M?an>rty  years  ^mce? 

Jibel;  or  hoii-tien,  than  ihat  we  ihou hlTv^  -  ^^^^?"  •"  ^^«?  »  ^^^tJi  or  a 

turentow;  and  if  found  tol^a^e  yet  sollnn^^^^  «'»^>«- 

cffort  made  to  provide'a  rernX  '  L^  i^  .nt^'''^"*'",'  '^**  ^^*''*'  ^'^o^''^  be  att 

,  man  and  Moore,  ^d  e^TMauhew  Carey  |h^     T^  •'''  T ^"'^'^  ^^"'»  'Cole-       ,; 

.   «aiTdiliu(i  hopeless.    Can  iSreTrii^^tT/'i-   r"  dymg,  declared  our  moral       ' 

♦  Washington  ?    Here  it  i?: '  '^^"'^  ^'"'^  *  '««*"y' »«,  Wall  streettr  at    ■  I 

■      S  •  A^^i^, 'I''' .*'?.^?"^'/"°'''' that  meanest  rage.  ' 

wt-f  ' 'kJ*^^'"'''''!"'"''""  ••»*»'«  van  of  life; 
'  ^^'e  nobler  passibns  w»ge  4heir  heated  strife 

J,  ^"f'^'«'''P°"eftin^l«"nberintherearj  ' 

'  ^^"'''f'^f^y 'Pint  iMhisbarte.i„g  land;    ' 

Turned  hfe  to  traffic,  set.the  demon  gold       , 
.     So  oose  abroad,  tl.atYirt«e's  self  is.sold, 
■  :y^»''5""^"?nc«..t™th,a,id  honesty,  are  matfe 

-     ■     .  ^»'•"eandfaH,like6ther^yaresofS" 


gui 


Mr,  Coleman  was  succeeded  by  William  Rifio„  c,^     .    l 

iished.editor,  and  by  the  late  AV^lliam  L^^get^^  ^'^^'^'  '^^  P'"^^^"*  distill 


^iR  EDWARD  William:  ghosbie.  barox^t.  ' 

.   of  the  rebels  had  exjercised  in  tlie  lawn  ne-ir  Th  *'"'  ^'?^''*  ^useX- 

wijieh  he  could  not  prevent.    Such  wZ  Sv     ^°"'*  *  ^^-'^  days  belbre, 

ter  his  jdeath  the  royil  officers  so  in^.d^M  k"  i  ^  S^^^raent  in  Irdand.    Af- 

land.'  -In  1800  she  appliei  S  Tcr  oflh^  pIj^  '^T>^  ^^^  ^°  "^  ^«  ^&- 

goons  who  tried-  her  l\usband  AnTu  was  refrl^'^Th^"''"- ''»'  *=°*  ^^  ^^- 

§i#:dward's entire  innocence,  when  LSw^r^^^  w.tnesse^o  prove 

the  fTovrrnment  agents,  prevenTod  from  w;!^!^;  '  ^'  '^  ™ Jr^t^^^''"?  among- 

sentmel  put  his  bayone   tS  thek  broasr  tSfb  th  "°""  "^J*^  testifying-tlife 

and  he  was  well-informed  of  t  lei^  erSd      st  P^'^  ^^ere  loyal  hrotestants, 

at  the  hauteur  and  cruelty  of  the  nVbnnV    ^"^^Y^''^^  ''^"^  had  spurned 

trvmcn-he  had  comnla  ne.l  tJ  ?t  v?i     ?  Powerful  towards  his  poor  coun- 

.ef5l^le  colony  tha^S  a  fSral    t.te^   Ht^rf?'"^^^^''^"^  """"^^  ""^^  ^'^^ 

man,  but  no^edress  was  ever  liv'en     ^^^'^n^'^^  'i'''*^^  and  injured  . 

"Balloon  Crqpbie," was  thrLTaprnn^f  EdvVard'»  brother,  well  known  as 

loon,  and  took  a\urney  into  ,he  skv^n  tV^J^  '^^  Hibernian  bal- 

mechanic,  of  imti^ensrsLture/ofSt^l/K''?'^'    ^^  Y""^  ™°«t  ingenious  ' 

O'Connell,  very  like  him  k  fa  e  and  Ct''^'  r°  T ''''^' '''"«'  than^Daniet 

erow^ls  who  rushed  to  see  him  set  «fffc  'n  \1*'  ^'S''*'.  *'  *  ^^o"-    Of  the 

several  were  killed  JLnrCro^i^himsefl?"'''?'°  England  in  his  balloon, 

iin  and  Holyhead,  but  .ras  tSn  ouTafive  "^^^"^  '""^  *^"  ''*  '*«*^^»  Dub- 
Aiie  Reverend  James  q--^—  "" 


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) 

h 
ti 
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0 

o 


V^ 


lunil    WBt^lI-^'  •'g^^"  -^'f^Q^*^^^^     of  the  Ifttlf>HgtHllli«llwt  <.hllt.Al.      !■    I 


,-.;•» 


-r-^  ^\  ** 


I  tlieir  vile  colTeagrnes  r  • 
5  of  that  day  for  their  ^ 
an  system,  becatiseof*' 
;,  and  the  avajricc,  liy- 
in  whom  they  trusted. . 
nng  strdnger  than  the 
f  Moore,  tb  Viscount     • 
lan  fbrty  years  since  ? 
er  it  was  a  truth  era  • 
n  it  is  liict  or  carica- 
lat  there  should  be  au     ' 
^  compared  with  .Cole- 
:,  declared  our  moral 
'  in  Wall  street  ior  at 


»'TBE  ptriDB^  WEtLirroTON. 


53 
Jo,force4hem  to  ^ive  eyidence 


t,  the  present  distii>- 

-k    '. "^'■■^ 

BAItON^T.' 

led  courts^aijxtiaL^t 
hanged  because  20ft- 
a  few  daysbelbre, 
ent  in  Irdand.    Af- 
e  had  to  fly  to  B^gl 

re  the  court  of  dra- 
witnesse^Q  prove 
iderstanding  among" 
aftd  testifying— tlife 
e  loyal  i)rotestants, 
heart  had  spurned 
rds  his  poor  coun- 
id  mose  like  a  mis- 
brave  and  injured 
le^  well  known  as 
i  an  Hibernian  bal- 
1  d  most  ingenious  ' 
taller  than  Daniel 
as  a  lion.    Of  the 
and  in  his  balloon, 
sea  between  Dub- 


/        '  f  -  JUS    IJUKl?!  ^ 

oners  had  been  tortured  bv-rcnprftP.1  «,.««;■«»» .    i-         ,  - 

against  him,  an.d  appear  to  have  Been  nfS  f°  ^«rce;them  to  ^ive  evidence 
dftion  than  that  of  his  condcmratior"^Z  nfln'''' '"'"'  "^T  «°  '''^''  '^™- 
•  don  i^'ent.pns  this'as  theTSon  X  .!.»  T^  '^^'Jl''*^^^  '»"d  Mr.  Gor- 
defiancc  of  law,  withlield  the  re^,3.  ^ '?'''"^"'  "^^''«  court-martial,  ia 
faWily-as  also    tlit"  ?he  eSioT  f  ^  '^"''  *■'?">  his  wife  And 

unusual  bou?,  and  attended  wl^hntrL?   the  sentence  was  precipitate,  at  an 
thesemeace.     After  he  xSsT.aL'r  not  warranted  by 

from  it,  and  exposed  oi^aTk^^'  body,  was*  abused,  his  heail  severe  J  - 

WlW  ^JlS'i:,^^^^  what  numbe/s  have- 

whencomparedtoth^^ElJSr^S;;^,!^^^^^ 

.»      .■■^_.  —     ■  •-  \     ..     •*    \.-'«-      ■  ■  ,' 

-^      '  fHE;DUK^.QF  WELLINGTONS         ■-  ' 

^  Peer,  edWcd  a    Eton  then  sent  In  ir^„i\-^5^^  Mommgton„a  poorlrish- 

.  He  entered,  the  ium?  as  an  eS  i^^^^^^^  f''^^'^'  H^^s. 

lieutenaut-cploncl  of  the  sU  'ID  On  L»]?Af"'"'™''"^;  ,''"i««on  ^ecliijie 

purchase»'and   liuiiily  S^cS-w^t  on  Z     f  ™?»y.oW  pfficers,  through 

fought  aiiAtelhughterMv  wlileS'  Jn  r.  ^    '^^lif"*""^  service  in  Ireland-  . 

Naneoloii-  touhe  Sistant  Jotk  of  !St  V.ll  ®r  ^''^.".'''"^'"y  "^  ^^^n^^inff 

oracle  and  manly  S"  ple^clS' Spfe  r"''^'^  '^  ^^^  and  every  hoS 
Franc'e-liad  aSothct  3ln7^fTii '  *^?  foreign  armies  who  garrisoned 
hard-workeJ  7e4.1e  S  Sail  htZT''^  *°^"?  from  the  pockets  of  the/ 
of  Britain_(8,?„  Prim?Min  S7f  FnlnS  T""t"-'?-fi*'?^'^^  'J**  '»™«/ 
cipation  because  it  wL  fS  th  ..  if  °'^'#''?,^^  yjeldedCatholic  en«m! 
hinaer.it.  In  1830  iVe  ^Ive  ll  ?o  tt  W^'''"'^""'  be  depended' uporTto 
with  peel.        •  "^       ^y  ^°  ^^^  W'gS'i  And' now  again  holds  office 

tain,  but ,  said  to  be  excSlv  «kJ  ^  ''I?"^  '^°f '  .*  '^'""'  ™ii«a'y  cap-  ' 
recommended  a  stroS^Xent^n^^r^"'*'*'?^"*'  '^°'-    'For  OanaL  £ 
of  all  r'eal  popular  SJS^pX;  Iinrt^^f'*'"["P"°?^t''"'^^'^«  'absence 

o: ./^..  ;r" "  ajxmunation. /A  host  of  his  poor  relatives  have  pen- 
ill  one  of  thpsonnrrijc  *^     - 


.?;^.:| 


•*' 


\ 


the''Si5c';Sa^dtSpTn5if  Llt^^^^^^^    -^ --"  have  obtained 
never.cpuld  have  stoo6&r£^^f!^t'^L5^^^^ 


never  could  havrstoodXT^T^T^  "»^^«1^  .^  ellington's  Success.  Castlereagh 
the  Irish  ParlLmenHn  V?lf  ?!  t  ?'  ^'"J.""  °.^  ^^'^^^^  Wellington  entered 
he  %lis  khT  ?cSaS  J-P^'^*"  Wellesky,    As  Sir  Arthur 

execute,  bv  order  yCasSeL/.nHP°*K"  ?P™™^»^  ««  -Lord  Gathcart.  to 
ingratitude  on  tL  rccSds  of  h  sto^  ^°Tf  ^'l.'  ^*T  ^^u"  ^^^  ««»chery  and 
Canada,  let  rio  man  ^SS^^T^i^Ji  fi?!^..!^"  jd  be  ten  anyestjes  in 


"g'ngJlHSliothn  mBrdcrcrg^and  fobbefu  of  their 
,  let  it  not  be  i'nrtmttim  that  Do-;« j_i.. . 


was  a  t  sippe ! !  !^  ^  support  it.    Wdlington  toolc  no  rest  till  Nef 


. Of  Ire- 

hly  accomplished,    ^  i 
reform,  likely  to  As 
hat "  catholic  priB- 


» «• 


.•^ 


if'* 


iC     .»•   fl 


^ 


.X 


t. 


54 


THE  DUKE  or  WtLUISQtOK—V.  ft  PATRIOTS. 


k- 


The  Duke  of  Wellington  took  as  active  a  part  in  the  Housp  of  T«r^« 
thesetUementof  the  Canada  question-18a8  tolLllSTiv  io?  of'.h" 
.  walm.    Agreeing  with  Sir  Francis  Head,  and  the  Upper  CanLdaTnril  ^^ 
they  jMre  called  he  protested  against  the  union  S  the^woSfada  J bS,^^ 
a  country  1500  miles  long.-cbuld  not  be  governed  convSmf^^^ 
colony,  with  its  French  English,  and  GenSan^ZuSraSll^^pn. 
Chrisuan  sects,  someiupheld  by^ovemment.  anS  some  not-ite  bf^  Sff" 
and  counties  eight  hundred  miles  from  any  chpitaHow J  that  cou?l  t' 
chosen;  becauSe  the  people  of  the  two  Canadas  haw  nn  r^n^J!.     °    "  *® 
except  in  Je  possessio*;,  o?  the  exclusi^  nriSuon  of  ZTSrT'T 
secure  which  they  require  British  protection;  and  because^l^lK^  ' 
population  did  not  desire  this  union,  which  would.  throuXthe  uniLd  i^" 
gidatur*.  embrace  the  discontented  spirits  of  both  colon  Jpf«^ri.  7®' 

of  tSe  chimera,  in  a  dependency  tif^EnglanrofloS  '^^^^^^ 
Jresppnsibility  to  the  electors  of  members  of  tha  'legislature^  T^^^^ 
persisted  ill;  but  it  adds  no  strength  to  the  exSveleknlr^  monWa^ 
the  hearts  Of  the  Canadian  people  e^ecuuve  agents  of  Britain,  in 

His, grace's  brother. .Richard  CoUey  Welleslev.  MAiiout«i'n„  \xr^r.  . 

S  ChSJi:-  r^^T'  ^°'™^''y  ^'«^  <=^^^°«'  o7CiS.  a  g^SuS' 
ter  ot  Charles  Carroll  [see  page  161 voted  for  nfiri!->m<,»I     t.'^'«""aaugn- 

catholic  emancipaiionLw^  ^govLlt-seneZlfl^^^^^ 

tenant  of  Ireland-iretired  on  a  large  pefs  on-wL  bonllS^^^ 

20,  1760.  and  died  in  London,  Sepi.  25.  1842%i7mother  of  tV^^**?.'  ''.""*' 

survived  then-  father  50  years  and  died  irherSdi^eS'  eav  5'  Wnf'h^' 

sons  peers  of  Btitfun.  '  *  """'year,  leaving  tour  of  her  . 

His  brother  Hehrt  was  secretary  of  the  treasurv  in  iftno  ^^a  ^     ■' j, 
$100,000  damages.    Ladv^Emilv.  ths  f.i.tJrZ  T!f^fnl.^Y9\''^'  ^"^  got'   , 


«100.000  damages   ^Y^:^^^^     tlTfra^U  ChXtrCmS 


xied  to  the  Duke  ui  fveuu 
the  wives  of  two  brothers. 

The  eldest^sonand]heij<of  the  duke  is  named  Marouis  of  nn.,";,.     t  », 
These  biographical  ^ketches  would  have  been  a  vprv  it^n^JL^* 

;Ue„  noble  deed,  4„tag  folill„„ff  after  ,ESLr^ 
WncepUons-stKBgU^Bmiig  manly  virtues  and  high  resolves ,  '     ™°  ""»" 


7  .NEW  HAMPShlEE  P^ATRIOTS_EHA  OF  I77« 


« 


■I 


'Ml' 


.\ 


MOTS.  ..   ■.--:-■:-■---..•'■■.■■ 

tie  House  of  Lords,  »n 
—as  any  peer  of  the 
per  Canada  Tories,  as 
wo  Canadas,  because 
convehiently  as  one 
lation,  aiid  its  fiftfeen 
le  not— its  bad  roads, 
town  that  could  he 
i  no  common  interest 
I  the  St.  Lawrence,  to 
because  the  Frenqh 
rough  the  united  Le- 
)nies,  with  a  promise 
al  government,  with 
ure.  The  union  w^ 
agents  of  Britain,  in 

lavta'or  Wellesiey,  - 
«ore,  a  graiiddaugh- 
mentary  reform  and" 
dia,  and^^ldrd-iieu- 
)orn  in  Wblin,  June 
ler  of  the  Wellesleys 
r;  leaving  four' of  her  . 

809,  and  married  to  " 
le  had  four  children. 
Tsey's  daughters,  by 
LadyQiarlotte.  Mr.'  . 
t  a  divorce,  and  got' 
Charlotte,  was  mar- 
LKSLEY, — two  sisters 

isofDouro.    I  have 
hysician.  Dr.  Hume, 


y  imperfect  «ccorar 
mes  of  remarkable 
ion  cause  with  their 
principled— heaven 
i)areiits  of  our  race 
■e  on  earth  will  the 
than  in  Ireland  and 
!C  in  the  public  eye- 
Eire  scattered  to-the.* 
tice-ikindliug  high 
Ives^ife 
t ' 


L   OF    1776. 

ERAL    ReID — •Cot.  I 


MAJOR  M'cLAST— CAPT.  It\}BEGOS— GENERAL  .&EIS. 


66 


1  -■ .. 


Ajoa.  Stark,  &CI. 


fthite  Gazetteer,  and.Hill  and  Mdbre's  collections,  for  the  followini  notices  of 
eminent  citizens,  of  Irish  birth,  parentage  or  descent,  who  took  arms  for  in» 
■dependence  m  1776. 

_  Major  Andrew  M'Clart,  who  shed  his  -blood,  like  Warren,  on  Bunker 
Hill,- was  an  active  and  efficient  revolutiouary  officer.  He  jcommanded  the 
LGndonderry  company  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  where  he  was  killed,  as  is 
et5it«d  in  a  etter  from  General  Stark  to  President  Thornton,  by  a  cannon-ball, 
benera  Folsom  writes,  June  22d,  1775,  "Major  M'Clary  was  killed  by  an  ac- 
cidental shot  from  one  of  the  ships,  sotnetime  after  our  peorie  had  made  their 
retreat.  He,  was^t  Epsom,  N.  H.,  and  his  parents  were  from  the  North  of 
Ireland.  Johh  M'Clary,  also  of  Epsom,  is  mentioned  by  Whiton  as  haVine 
^^V-  ^'SVrir'^''?^  patriot  of  the  revolution-and  in  the  Historical  Collectionf. 
Michael  M  Clary  is  named  as  the  captain  of  company  five,  third  battalion, 
state  railitia.^in  lt76.  These  M'Claryg  were  of  the  right  sort  of  stufi"  wherel 
with  to  found  a  rrfpubhc.    May  the  race  endure  forever ! 

ItS^Y^"'.!"  *"^  ^•^'°'Y  °^  ^!i?  ^*"'«  °^ ^"""^w  Hill,  (page  0,)  says  that  Major 
M  Clary  «  was  a  lavorite  officer.  >  Nearly  six  feet  and  a  half  in  height,  with 
a  Herculean  fornfm  perfect  proportions,  a  voice  like  Stcntor.  and  strength  of 
Ajax;  £yer  uneJiu:»lled  m  athletic  exercises,  and  unsubdued  in  single  combat, 
whole  bodies-^  m|En  had  been  overcome  by  him,  an4  he  seemed  totally  un- 
conscious that  he  yas  net  eqi^lly  unconquerable  at  the  cannon's  mouth.  His 
mind  and  character  wtre  of  the  same  energetic  cast  with  his  person;  and 
though  deficient  m  the  advantages  of  finished  education,  he  had  been  a  mem- 
■      1^? Uvl^i®^^',®  legislature,  and  his  mercantile  concerns  were  extensive." 

Ol  M'Clary's  conduct  in  the  heat  of  battle,  Swett  adds,  (page  35)—"  During 
.«this  tremendous  fire  of  musketry  and  roar  of  cannon.  M'Clary's  gigantic  voice 
was  heard,  animating  and  encouraging  the  men  as  though  he  would  inspire 
every  bartl  tjiat  sped,  with  his  own  fire  and  energj'." 

_A|ter  the  Skhat.  says  Swett,  (page  48.)  «  M'Clary,  as  attentive  to  the  wants 
ol  his  men  as  desperate  in  fighting  them,  galloped  to  Medford,  and  returned 
with  dressings  ^or  the 'wounded.  He  ordered  Capt.  Dearborn  to  advance 
toward  the  neck,  with  liis  company,  while  he  crossed  over  to  reconnoitre  the 
enemy:  He  was  returning  when  a  cpnnon-ball  from  the  Glasgow  tore  him  to  ' 
pieces.    No  smaller  wegipon  seemed  worthy  to  destroy  the  gigantic  hero." 

General  Henry  Dedrboi;n,  who  was  a  lieutenant  at  Bunker  Hill,  published  a 
letter  in  the  New. Hampshire  Patriot,  iii  wliich  he  says,  "Gen.  M.  M'Clary, 
Epsom,  was  in  the  battle-  from  begiiming  to  end."  Michael  M'Gary  was 
then' a  captain.,  "  '      * 

David  M'Gregor,  a  revolutionary  tidier,  commanded  the  sixth,iiompany 
.of  the  battahon  in  which  Michael  M'Clary  served.  He  was  the  son  of  the 
Presbyterian  minister  of  Londonderry— of  Irish  parentage  and  Scottish  origin 
—his  ancestors  having  probably  fled  to  Ireland  after  the  massacre  of  Glencoe. 
His  iather,  the  Rev.  David  M'Gregor^  savs  Whitoil,  page  151,  "  a  presbyterian° 
minister  of  Londonderry,  long'eminent  for  piety,  eloquence,  and  usefulness, 
died  m  the  Ipurse  of  the  revolut^na|c  war,  after  having  exerted  an  impbrtant 
.  influence  uAreparing  the  minds  Of  t^  people  to  engage  in  that  perilous  con- 
test."   Ca«  M'Gregoj*  died  In  Western  New  York,  in  1827. 

BRiGApiil-GENERAii  George  Reid  wrs  bom  at  Londonderry,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  1734.  His  parents  were  Irish  emiigrants  from  the  province  of  Ulster ; 
part  of  the  Scotch  colony  of  presbyierians  who  settled  in  Ir^and  during  the 
reign  of  Charles  II. -to  avoid  religious  persecution.  He  received  an  exeellfent 
education,  was  *-very  brave,  feariess  man,  and  went  for  national  independence 
With  all  his  heart. 

General  Reid  was  a  grand-uncle  of  one  of  the  most  eminent,  able,  and  use- 
ful  among  our  public  journalists.  Horage  Greeley  of  the  New  York  Tribune. 


shire  Historical  So- 
bs, the  New  Hamp- 


wno  18  partly  6f  bo«hem  or  Scotch-lri A  descent. 

At  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  John  Stark*  commanded  the  first  New  Hamp- 
shire regiment,  (afterward  commanded  by  Col.  Cilley,)  and  George  Reid  serv- 
ed as  his  lieutenant-cbloiiel. .  He  was  also  at  the  hard-fought  field  of  Benning- 
*n,  and  served  during  the  war  with  credit  and  honor.    When  the  three  N.  H. 


•i 


# 


four  score  ind  one  S    S  dlith  fn"^''  ''?''  adventure,  and  lived  to  sS 

[Col.  James  RSdoTRo^.\nfi\^°°^^ 
ded  the  second  NSvrHSCnLn'*r''''V'?'^^  Whiton,  comman- 

P#atTiconderoS^iS?SmlSr-'^^^^^^  He  took  the  small 

the  Ssfof  SbTn^r'nSli'^olf'r"''''^''"'^'  ^^^^  Hampshire,  on 
■       oC  Ireland,  with"  hi^  gnrndij- h^^^^^^^^^^  ^'^  »-^h  ! 

_     J^dond^rxy  m:  IVlS-Presbyteriansli^^.t^HgJ-  hSJoS^faS 

•     »em7!h?^SJ!raS'd1rom73°^"'™'""^^  •"- ^^  »^^«  '=°'"™-ce.' 
his  company,  early Tnm^V^^^^^^^^  '°  ^^^  relief  of  Boston,  with 

a  member  of  the^:l„  ul^'orSil^ln/if  ^"^  ^"  ''"^'^^  '?  ''»«  ^^^^'^^^  «f 
rlst  N.  H.  Militia  in^»-^and  commaL.^^^^^^  appomted  Major  ofthe 

nington,  mider  St^rk^by  h'^fconduri  wh-V^h"^^  ""'  "*'  *'^?^'^  °^  ^'^«- 
crtionsdurinjr  the  war  were  «uS  as  aSS^^^^  ^°-  ^'^"^^  "^'^'*-  "'«  ^x* 
be  expected  to  reader  to  a  coumrl  Z  i  I  ^"^ ^»P«-\"enced  republican  might 
m  health  and  weahi-lln<Sj;?  V,'  ^f  ^'^'^.  ¥^  '^'-'^'^''l'  ^^'  he  lived 
ninety-three  yews-  and     rdnr/^^^^K^^^^  social-to  the.  great  age  of 

1824,' 4e5  LlfaJeltH^ad  etu?2^  ^^'l^  ^^'^  ol^Septe^ber. 

-  m^SXThe  hS^'an  Wsh^ifi'^^^"*'  ^^'^"^H^^""'  was  the  son  of'^  Scots-     ^ 
fatherwasaSvTorol^rbSrn^T^'*'-"^^^^  His 

of  Edinburgh.  -He  wem  over  ofrlnH ''"'''''  "°,^  ^'^'"'^'''^  »^ «''«  University 

-J2m^^-or,accordin|^^i;e'fo^^^^^^^ 

,    uabk  mJe^thatTa'yleSleJreii;^  ''among  that  hardy  and  val- 

wasaveb,pan,theTon6f  ™i'^  A'»«'-ican  republic.    He 

come  from  Ireland,  and  brouLK  wi?h  tUm  in      ?  .^'"'f  \n>^  ^ho  had  lately 

and  started  oH:    By  the  ?me  he  reaS^  r' '"  k^T''  f-  ^?  ^^  ^^  ^'^  J'«»se, 

teers  had  incrfease7tda  ,Wand     He  .^^^^^^^  ^"""^  ^^^^ '^^  ^'^'»»- 

mission  from  the  Massiohn^^Mc  n  ».ramediately  received  a  colonel's  corn- 
hours .  enlis"d%£Tu„ted™^^^  of  Safety,  ^nd^in  less  than  twb 
,  where  his  conduct  was  brave  ^nd"  fpS?.!^  a  gallant  band  to  Bunker  Hill, 
of  the  advance-gua7d!  aM  GreeneS  e  •  •  n?fh'T™?"^^''J'»«  ''Sht  wmg 
'morning  w>n  Se  H^ss^s  werrsurbri ^d^  fc^f  l'?,  °^  ^'^°'°",'  °\«^« 
from-Bufcgoyne's  army  to  destrov  the  C  w  ^o^onel  ^aum  was  detached 
horses,  a?d  forage.    Stark  rtS[  ft ,.%]  f^^^  Hampshire  forces,  and  get  catUe, 


K  i^ct,  lought,  and  on  the  16th  of  Au..r,Kt   1777  Jo! 


3      ■•^ 


*'., 


i  of  them—was  wfth 

(w  Jersey.    His  bro- 

yc^Hill. 

ra  brigadier-general 

nty  of  Rockingham. 

ure,  and  lived  to  see 

fr,1815. 

)  Whiton,  comman- 
He  took  the  small 
It  i@  probAble  that 

*fcw  Hampshire,  on 

ated  from  the  north 

sixteen  settlers  in 

hard-worting  far- 

at  the  commence^ 
ef  of  Boston,  with 
ind  to  the  duties  of 
inted  Major  of  the 
t  the  battle  of  Bon- 
at  credit.  His  ex- 
id  republican  might 
oward,  for  he  lived 

0  the,  great  age  of 
6th  of  .September, 
timph  in  America, 

lie  son  of '^  Scots-     ' 
noticed  here.    His 

1  at  the  University 
af  the  province  of 
f  John  Stark  was 
th  the  28th  of  our 

1843,  oil  th^  8th 

lat  hardy  and  val- 
;an  republic.  He 
ts  w;ho  had  lately 
t»,  with  the  linen 
art  of  War  in  his 
ontrol  of  Canada. 

an  reached  Stark, 
e  the  manufactu- 
gates  of  his  miller 
lad  in  his  house,~ 
e  army  of  volun- 
a  colonel's  coai- 
in  less  than  two 
to  Bunker  Hill, 
i  the  right  wmg 
Trenton,  on  the 
n  was  detached 
,  and  get  cattle, 
.ugiist.  1777,  de^ 


••^     ;■:  ^-OEJfEUAL  STARK— LIEUTE3IA5rr.OSK.'         '-'      ;\  gj 

portion  of  the  human  faniilv"  "le^happiest,  because  the  most  virtuous 

^oSmemr^^^^^^ 

i.rpT*- ''•  *'°°P^  ^^'®  ocarfy  all  taken.  v  uiiutnag 

pined  his  famous  victor  es,  while  Concress  werp  vmJnrr  tho^  ♦?    •  ^^^'.^^^ 
fie  had  received  were.dest^ctive  of  SryluLdSfon  f  Dn  ZST^'r 

«»a£|a 

Stat^anXXS^a^^ouKaS^^^^^^^^  ^ 


'I 

I 


lyere  taken  pris- 
le  'disheartened.  / 
ive  a  victory  as  K 


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N, 


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58 


THE  FATTEN^— GOfFE—N*CUNTOCE-(^8TAHK—BAirnt—BOT9E. 


His  parents  were  fromth?  north  of  Ireland,  ptobably  of  the  same  Oris  wha 
werje  executed  in  1797-'8,  for  love  of  country. 

^With  hira  at  Bennington,  say  the  N.  H.  Society's  Collections,  were.Jacob 
McQuadeV  Samuel  McAffee  (wlip  digd),  John  Wallace,  James  MtLaugijlin, 
occ.  ■[  '  .-   .  :     ■  , 

■fiiB;  Pattens.— Judge  Matthew  Patten  and  Captain  Samuel  Patten,  were 
tWQ  of  the  flrst  settlers  in  Bedford.  They  were  from  Ulster.-in  Irelafid— and 
in  -tte  N.  H.Xlollections,  lieutenant  John  Patten,  John  Patten,  jr.,  Samuel 
PatQjn,  James  Patten,  and  Robert  Patten,  are'  enumerated  among  the  noble 
~  band  of  '^ revolutionary  patriots  who  served  their  cmiiitry  in  tie  glorious 
stfugglejbr  independence."  T^ 

Major  John  Goffe  is  another  of  the. patriots  of  Irish  descent,  enumerated 
in  the  New  Hampshire  Collections,  who  served  honorably  through  the  war  of 
independence.  *  t  ^ 

The  Rev.  Dr.Samuei^MacCi:.intock,  of  Greenland,  the  chaplain  to  Stark's^, 
New  Hampshire  regiment,  was  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  intrepidly  by 
"his  exhortations,  pmyers,  and  example,  encouraging  and  animating  them  to 
the  unequal  conflict."    He  was  of  the  race  of  Scottish  covenanters,  who  had* 
settled  in  Ireland  in  the^seventeenth  century,  to  avoid  persecution,  and  had 
been  chaplain  to  Gofie's  regiment  in  the  war  of  1756. 

Major  Caleb  Stark,  eldest  son  of  General  John  Stark,  served  under  his 
father's  command  in  the  war  of  independence— entered  the  army  at  th'e  age 
of  sixteen,  as  quarter-master  of  the  Ist  New  Hampshire  Regiment,  of  which 
he  was  after;Hrards  adjutant  and  next  brigade-major,  aud  aid-4e-camp  to  his 
father.  He  fought  at  Bunker  Hill  and  Trenton,  and  at  the  battles  in  Septem- 
ber and  October,  1777,  which  preceded  Bbrgpyne's  surrender.  He  was  born 
Decembers,  1759;.  died  August  26,  1838,  and  was  buried  in  the  family  place 
of  interment,  Dunbarton,  N.H. 

Amon^  the  Irishmen  and  children  of  Irishmen,  mentioned  in  the  New 
Hampshire  records  as  having  bravely  struggled  for  American  freedom  in  the 
war  of  independence,  at  the  risk  of  life  and  property,  I  find  the  names  ol 
Captain  Thomas  M'Laughlin— Patrick  O'Fling— Patrick  O'Murphy— John 
O'Neill— Valentine  Sullivan  (who  was  taken  m  the  retreat  from  Canada,  and 
died- in  a  British  prison)— Lieut.  Andrew  M'Gafiey,  of  Epsom— George  Mo- 
Sbannon,  who  was  killed  at  Bunker  Hill— the  Orrs,  M'Quades,  Goffes,  &c. 


IRISH  NOVELISTS,   POETS,  AND  DRAllIATISTS. 

JoHK  Banim— Samuel  Boyse— Henbt  Brooke— Wilmai^Cableton— St>- 
SANNAH  Centlivbe— William  Congreve— John  CumnifimAH— Thomas 
Dermiidt— Sir  John  Denham— George  Farquhar — Gebald  Griffin- 
Charles  Johnston— Henrt  Jones— Hugh  Eellt— Last  CABOtniE  Lamb— 
.  Charles  Lever— ^Patrick  Linden— Samuel  Lover,— AooLrHus  I^ncb— 
Edward  LtsaghtMThables  Macxlin— Rev.  C.  R.  Matuein— W.  H. 
Maxwell— ABTHtnt  Mub|;^— Thomas  Pabnell— J.  Augustus  Shea- 
Frances  Sheridan— Henrt  Tbe^ham— Rev.  Charles  Wolfe. 

_  John  Banim,  the  elegant  and  tender-hearted  author  of  « The  Conscript's 
Sister,  *  Tales  of  the  O^Hara  Family,\ani  many  other  interesting  works,  died 
young,  not  long  since.  He  was  a  Dative  of  Ireland,  amiable  but  unfortunate. 
At  17  years  of  age  he  obtained  the  first  prize  as  the  best  draughtsman  in  the 
Dublin  Academy  of  Arts— at  19  he  wrote  the  Leinster  Journal,  in  his  native 
city,  Kilkenny,  mto  wide  circulation— at  22  he  produced  Damon  and  Pythias, 
-  fiuccessful  tragedy  at  Covent  Garden— and  was  at  25  a  successful  novelist. 


tragedy  i 
nnMOtr 


-ittanir-was  X400  m  dtbl,*  helpless  invalid,  threatened  %  his  creditor! 
with  an  English  prison,  and  his  boakseller  a  bankrupt. 

Samuel  Botse,  a  writer  of  great  poetical  talent,  but  dissolute  habits,  was 
he  son  of  Joseph  Boyse  (an  eminent  dissenting  minister),  a^d  bom  in  Dublin 


imU— B0T9E.  '     .  V 

f  the  same  Orrs  who^ 

allections,  were  Jacob  ' 
,  James  Mt^Laugmin, 

Samuel  Patten,  were 
Ister.'in  Ireland — and 
n  Patten,  jr.,  Samuel 
ited  among  the  noble 
jililtry  in  the  glorious 

I  descent,  enumerated 
ly  through  the  wair  of 

le  chaplain  to  Stark's" 
!r  Hill,  intrepidly  by 
id  animating  them  to^ 
;ov>enantel:s,  who  had* 
persecution,  and  had 

irk,  served  under  his 
the  army  at  th'e  age 
I  Regiment,  of  which 
i  aid-^e*camp  to  his 
he  battles  in  Septem- 
;nder.  He  was  born 
id  in  the  family  place 

[ition«d  in  the  New 
rican  freedom  in  the  - 
[find  the  namies  oi 
ck  O'Murphy— John 
eat  from  Canada,  and 
Epsom— George  Mo- 
ades,  Goffes,  &c. 


RAllIATISTS. 

tAI^^  CASLETOif— Sv- 

nnnifc&AH— Thomas 
-Gebjlld  Gkiffin — 
DT  Caboune  Lamb— 
■ADOLrHxrs  I^ncb — 
.  MATimro— W.  H. 
.  AvGXTSTUs  Shea-— 
Wolfe. 

of  *  The  Conscript's 
erestlng  works,  died 
ibje  but  unfortimate. 
draughtsman  in  the 
ramal,  in  his  native 
Damon  and  Pythias, 
I  successful  novelist. 


MOOKE— CARLETOX— CENTLIVnE— COJfORETE— GRUtlK,  kft  '09 

r  F°?  '.P^^'ir'*^''  *;[?'T«  °f  poems  in  1741,  in  Scotland— and  ."The  Deitv  » 
described  by  Henry  Fiehhng  as  "a  very  noble  poem;"  in  1740.  Hlhr ey  aL 
praises  It  m  his  Meditations.  He  also  published  "Albion's  Triumph/^a  hS 
Zl:t!:S'^^^^:^-^^  -'^  -'^--  of  ml^ellan?;^ 

was  born^at  fiantaven,  in  Ireland,  in  1706.  and  died  Oct.  l(nh  1783  He 
wrote  «  The  Earl  of  Essex,"  "  Gustavus  Vasa."  and  eleven  oSer  pS.  and 
cherished  through  hfc  a  sincere  love  foi:  freedom  in  its^iest  senw        ^ 

■    "Trn'iti"':^!!!.  ^of  •''■^''T-'.?  P^'y^J^^^  I"sh  a»t'»o'  of  the  present  times,  wrote 
"Traits  .^nd  Stones  ot  the  Irish  Peasantry,"  The  Galway  Piper"  "Mickev 

S7;  ,"  ^.1^1"  ^^"*!i'  ?**«  ^"^'^  ^''^'^'^^'"  "  Moll  R™ WeSng.'' .1  tS' 
~  StlSCfcr^^  °"^  °'^'''  '"^^  ^'^  '^^  the:stS;y.teK^ 
,f,K^'*^,^*",^'?-'.T"VRE— author  of  "The  Busy  Body,"  "A  Bold  Stroke  for 

StK'?"'^  "^\"  Wonder."  which  s.iU  ke  J  possLion  oHhe  !S^e*,S 
"    oJ«  P'ays-was  born  in  Ireland  about  1667.  .  She  was  very  captiva^inifin 

her  manners-had  three  husbands-and  died  in  1723.    Her  maideS  name  iS 

'  dent 3  cEarScfer'"'*^'  ^"^^^^l  ""'  *  ^^"'^^^  ^^^Is  »  plot.  inci- 
WiiLiAM  CoNOREVE  was  bom  in  1762.  "For  the  place  fsavs  Johnson! 
It  was  said^by  himself  Ihat  he  owed  his  nativity  to  ESgland";  Jnd  by  eS 
'body  else  that  he  was  born  in  Ireland.  He  was  educated  first  in  Kllkennv  ' 
and  afterward  in  Dublin."  He  died  in  London,  Jan.  29, 1728-'9.  I'SS 
Ite  "'•  -5*" -T^  '•f  "«">  ?^  ^^^  ^'Shest  kind ;  he  is  an  origbal  wrifw! 
Hk  iTc*""^^  neither  the  model  of  his  plot,  nor  the  manner  of  hfs  diaSe  " 
His  plays  and  poetry  fill  sevelral  volumes.  uio  i^uc. 

n.ii"'' T^?''*"!i'\°4!i"' ""i  ^J®?*"*  pastoral  poet  and  dramatist,  was  born  in 
Dublin,  Ireland.  1729,  and  died  1773.  He  wrote  the  farce  of  Love  in  a  Jtfi 
at  tlie  age  of  17,  and  his  works  form  part  of  the  collections  of  "the  Britll    ' 

-„T!I"  j^'u^"''^""^'  *  P°"  of. talent,  wasjbom  at  Ennis,  Ireland,  in  nVs 
S^ii?  '^''"^''  mtemperance  in  1802  His  poems  contain  many  passages 
of  taste,  elegance,  and  fancy.  '  i'<»o»agca 

Sir  John  Denham,  the  poet,  was  bom  in  Dublin  in  1615,  where  his  father 
held  the  office  of  Chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer,  He  was  eduTS  at  Oxford 
ZZ"  ^f"  ^"^V  "  ^rP'''%  ?'"'"  *  »'^»«'ation  of  "  Carjifajor  "  aS  • 
pi!fT»^^l  considered  [says  Johnson]- as  one  of  the  fathers  of  English 
S  i?^  I  .°if-^  ^°J^^  r^^*  °!?f.^*  !°'".^'^  ^"'^  gratitude."  He  was  a  royal- 
1  tn^Jt W'^  estate^during  dharles  the  First's  troubles,  but  held  oflSce  and 
a  knighthood  under  Charles  the  Second.  •  "*  «^  ouu 

in?fi7l^f  T^'lTU'^"'  ''/^P'  «»««tssful  and  interesting  comic  poet,  was  bom 
Ir  iSS-  J;°"<*°»<Je"y'  Ireland,  where  hi^father  was  a  clergyman-educated 
f^  ?"  J  n*^°"T '  J?'"*'*  *"  company  Of  strolling  players :.  got  a  commission 
m  Lord  Orrery's  regiment;  wrote  a  volume  of  miscellanies;  and  married  a 
portionless  damsel  who  deceived  him  by  representing  herself  as  an  heiress. 

Connf.  L*m'"^^w-?.,*^'"^'.'^?"^  y*"  ^^M^  ^i"en'  The  Constant 
Couple,  Sir  Harry  Wildair,  The  Inconstant,  The  Twin  Rivals.  The  Sta<Te 

?^\^r^  Recruiting  Officer  and  The  Beaux'  Stratag^em  .He  die?1 
1707,  poor.    For  the  success  of  his  comedies  he  is  indebted  to  the  naturi 
delir-ation  of  his^haracters,  the  interesting  tendency  of  his  plots,  aid  th 
flowmg  graces  and  spnghtlmeSs  of  his.  w;t.    The  Ucentiousnes?  of  the  dra 
m  his  time  exhibits  their  worst  defect, 
/fr^n/t.^.y^"'^'  ^^^  g'^'ed  author  of  "  Gisippus."  was  bom  in  T 


'  i| 


Ippu8,"wa8  bom  in  Ltmi.rii.V 
phus  fever  on  the  12th  of  June, 


lissolute  habits,  was 
,  a^d  bom  in  Dublin 


1B40.  He  was  the  nmth  son  of  his  parents.  >Ii8  fatiier  emigrated  to  PennI 
syivania,  whUe  a  part  of  the  family  remained  in  Ireland.  Al  twenty  yesJts  of 
age  GriHin  went  to  London,  and  contrived  to  live  by  reportmff  for  the  press 
•ontributiRg  articles  to  magazines,  and  acting  as  Uie  d&udge.of  ft  great  pub^ 


I 


N 


eO      J0HNST0N-JOOT8--KEI.LT--lAllB--tHVKk— tlia)ra--tOTBK--lTMOH. 

ll9[iiBgr  house.  Next  year  he  WW  sought  after  as  a  reviewer,  and  as  a  con. 
tributor  to  periodicals  In  1827,  the  publication  of  the  Hollandtide  estabhsh! 
ed  his  H-putation-and  his  pathetic  and  impassioned  tale,  "  The  Colleffians '» 
p  aced,h,m  .n  a  high  ^ank  among  Irish  novelists.    He  was  nominaSy  the 

?K  '  li,-^'™"' m'  '°  ^^^^'  ♦?  ^*'"y  '°  M'-  Moore  their  request  that  the 
Insb  melodist  would  represent  their  ancient  city  in  the  British  parliament-! 
and  at  one  tim,e  resolw^ecome  a  minister  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church 
Two  years  before  hw(^eatft  he  Jo  ned  the  christian  brotherhood,  who  devofe 
themselves  to  the  iifatniction  of  the  poor-and  his  brother  has  Written  a  vol! 
ume  codfaining  bis  memoirs.  '  "^ » •  »ui 

'   m^"*?.^^^  Johnston,  author  of  "  Chrysal,  or  the  Adventures  of  a  Gluim-a  » 

"  The  Reverie,"  "  A  Flight  to  the  Paridise  of  Fools,"  "  Juniper  Jack  J»  S 

•was  born  in  Ireland, and  died  in  India,  about  1800.  ^  ''      *"" 

Hknby  Jones,  a  hatiw  of  Drogheda^^^was  originally  a  joumeymau  brick- 
ayer.    He  was  a  good  dramatio  poet,  but  died  in  1770,  in  a  garret  in  Lwndob 
the  result^of  his  ojsjji.  caprice,  prodigality,  and  fickleness.  ^uaon, 

Hugh  Kellt,  a  clwer,  successful,  and  very  persevering  author,  was 
bom  m  Ireland,  m  1739,  and  died  in  England  in  1777.  He  legan  life  Ts^ 
stay-maker,  then  turned  hackney-writer,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  as  a  lawver 
and  lastly  turned  author.  His  works, ate,  the  Memoirs  of  a  Magdalen  a 
""j^'r^'^f  P\^'/  poem-the  Romance  of  ftn  Hour-Clementina,  a  tra-edv-- 
and  thfe  School  for  Wives.  False  Delicacy,  and  a  Word  to  the  Wise!°come^ 

.u^o?I*^f 't°^''™  ^V}^  was  bom  on  the  13th  of  November,  1785,  and  died  on 
the  2oth  of  January  l827-she^wasn  daughter  of  Frederick  PonsJnby.  Earl  of 
Besborough,  but  whether  she  #a8  a  native  of  Ireland,  the  country  of  her  fam- 
T^'i^tT  "*"*  Positfvely  ascertained.  She  married  William  Lamb,  now 
Lord  Melbourne,  when  ui  her  2pth  year*  understood  several  of  the  iivinVand 
dead  languages,  was  lively  and  brilliant  in  conversation,  and  a  great  favorite 
^  Lord  Byron,  who,  if  we  are  to  believe  Captain  Medwyn,  used  her  cruelly 
She  IS  the  author  of  "  Gleharvon,"  "AdaReis,"  and  "Gi^ham  Hamilton^' 
novels  of  much  merit,  and  was  the  friend  of  Wellington,  De  Stael.  and  other 
Illustrious  persons.    Dropsy  caused  her  death,  after  a  long  ilhiess. 

Charles  Lever,  is  a  native  of  Ireland,  editor  of  the  Dublin  University 
Marazme  (as  Harry  Lorregucr),  and  author  of  "  Our  Mess,"  «  Charlr-s  O'Mal- 
ley,  and  "  Jack  Hiftton,"  the  merits  of  which  novels  are  very  frenerallv 
Known  and  appreciated.    His  magazine  is  ultra-tory. 

Patrick  Linden  was  an  eminent  Irish  poet,  some  of  whose  eleacnt  Verses 
are  preserved  in  "  Miss  Brooke's  Reliques.^' 

^™^'*"?5'  ^^^^'  a  painter,  poet,  novelist,  and  dramatist— author  of  "  Rorv 
^r?T'  V'J^^J'*"'^^^  '^^  West,".««  Handy  Andy."  "Legends  and  StS 
ol  Ireland"  "Treaffllre  Trove,"  &c.    Mr.  Lover 'is  an  Irishman  by  S 
talent,  and  feelmg,  a  man  of  wit  and  huipor,  and  said  to  be  "  a  repealer  " 

Adolphits  Ltncit,  author  of  «  Crofton  Croker's  Legends,"  and  lieutenant 
in  the  British  army,  is  a  native  of  Ireland.    The  Limerick  Chronicle,  of  May 
30th,  1838,  states  that  he  embraced  the  doctrines  of  the  church  of  Rome  in 
the  convent  chapel  of  Killamey,  about  that  time. 
Edward  Ltsaght,  a  witty  and  convivial  member*f  the  Irish  bar,  was  oto- 


posed  to  the  Union,  a  trae  patriot,  a  poet  of  celebrityTtundthe  author  of  m^ 

"  e  tory  destroyers  of  Irish  independence.   Lord  (^ 


unpalatable  effusions  to  the j „j, ^ 

tlereagh  admitted  that  if  such  songs  as  "  May  he  m  whose  hand,'"  wvre  gen- 
erally sung  throughout  Ireland,  they  would  excite  a  greater  opposition  to 
the  Umon  of  1800,  than  all  the  speeches  against  it  in  the  Irish  Pariiamenf 
It  concludes  with 4hese  lines: —  '' 


J 


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Betrerc  Yum^  yog  sport  with  oua  Island ; 


Ton're  my  ieighftoV,  bat,  Butt,  tti*  iaiaWn' 

Nature's  favorite  spot, 

AxAPdtoanerbeahot 
Than  turrenar  th*  bights,  qf  mm^ItUaid  I 


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LOTBH— LTNCa. 

viewer,  andasacoa- 
Hollandtide  establish* 
e,  "  The  Collegians," 
ras  noiniBatcd  by  the 
heir  request  that  the 
British  parliament — 
man  Catholic  Church. 
:herhood,  who  devote 
ler  has  written  a  vol- 

intures  of  a  Guinea," 
"Juniper  Jack,f  &c., 

a  journeymau  brick- 
a  a  garret  in  Loudon, 

sverine  author,  was 
He  began  life  as  a 
>  the  bar  as  a  lawyer, 
rs  of  a  Magdalen,  a 
mentina,  a  tragedy— 
to  the  Wise,  come- 

er,  1785,  and  died  on 
ck  Ponsonby,  Earl  of 
Bcountryof  herfam- 
William,  Lamb,  now 
iral  of  the  living  and 
and  a  great  favorite 
yn,  used  her  cruelly. 
Graham  Hamilton," 
,  De  Stacl,  and  other 
g  illness. 

3  Dublin  University 
s,"  «  Charles  O'Mal- 
i  are  very  generally 

vhose  elegpnt  vprses 

!t— author  of  "Rory 
Liegends  and  Stories 
irishman  by  birth, , 
be  "  a  repealer."  /^ 
ds,"  and  lieutenant 
c  Chronicle,  of  May 
church  of  Rome  in 

e  Irish  bar,  was  op>. 
the  author  of  muiy 
indence.  Lord  Ca^ 
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^fe-'''^  ^v'"'u'''r*J'  .MacLau^Win.  was'born,;4me  say,  in  Dublin, 
ofliem  in  the  North  of  Ireland/in  1690.   His  father  av,s  from  the  Cowity  ^ 

•of  S'  Rnvn?'"T''T'^.''  ^  ''^^  °^  '^'''^'^ '"  ^^'"^  •^^"'^«'«  '^"ny  «t  the  battle 
»i3^fhJ'  ''''',"'''  ',°?''  #''«  ^'^'^  ™°'«''«  "^efo^e  'he  <iate  of  his  birth! 
-  «.|-father  was  reduced  frorTatfluence  to  poverty  l)y  the  success  of  the  inl 
vaders,  a«d  d.ed  in  Dubhu,  broken-hearted.  In  1716,  Foung  Mack  in  wem 
over  to  Lii-i^„d,  and  began  Hfe  as  a  strolHng  player.^  In  1729,  he  got  an 
engagement  in  London,  and  while  an  actor  at  Drury  Lane  Theatre  had  the 
S  nf ;  •'  '"^  ^'^^  Mr  Haiiam.by  giving  him  a  thrust  in  the  eye  with  the 
w  i .    il'tlr"rf '  '''M'  mounded  the  brain.    They  had  qnarrelled  about  a 

aini  P  nJfni     1  ''^'  /*  y^'*'"  ?  P.^^yf '  ^""^  ^"'?^«'l  at  va"0"s  times  with 
all  the  principal  performers,  of  the  thi-ee  kingdoms.    In  1790.  in  his  hun- 

bS  h  V'memorvr'^  'f^  °V^^  "^^  ^'^  favorite  character  ol  Shylock 
but  his  memory  failed  him.  during  the  performance,  and  he  retired  amidst  • 

•  fnT'^'in^f ""  P'*".'"^"-    '^^'^  centenary  of  the  stage  died  Ju?y[lth?T79? 
V    inhi-s  107th  year     His  public  life  wus  stW and  turbulent,  bL  he  wL^^^^ 
private  an  affectionate  fathef,  a  tender  husband,  and  a  steady  and  4Terous  ' 

tors  and  som^  of?' ''{ '^"'V'  ^""^  4.?'"^"^  P'^^^'  ^e'  ha^d  no  Somi  eS! 
it/f'  ^S?f°™«  of  his  dramatic  pieces*  ill  continue  deservedly  great  favor- 
ites.    Kirkman  published  his  life  in  Jwo  volumes  in  1799.^.  Among  the  • 

^rd'SIp  M.*"/  ^";r  '^'"  ^^*""  ''I  «•«  World-The  True-born  Wstt^ 
—and  The  Married  L.bertme,  comedies-and  Henry  VII.,  a  tragedy 

IHE  Kev  Charles  Robert  Maturin,  author  of  many  well-written  tiovpIr. 
and  several  dramatic,  poetic,  and  theological  worksf>^  bom  in  Subhn 
vfJ'^'^  ?'^r  *""  .^^^  l^'^  °f  O'^tober.  1824.    Among  his  writings  are,  he 

cl^i^^^Tt^ZS'o^SS^Ia:  ^'"  ^^^'«^--^«'  ^-  He  wasa 
William  H.  Maxwell,  a  nativd  of  Ireland,  is  the  author  of  several  of  the 
tTe  K  St  P"^'''Wns  of  the  present  day.  He  wrote  Wild  Sports  of 
Ihf  n  l  "Pur'n^-  of  .Waterloo-Hector  O'Halloran-My  Life-Memoirs  of 
the  Duke  of  Wellington— The  Bivouac,  &c  i«"ioirs  oi 

honf  ^n"r«i^"77*  f^  f^""  ^""^  dramatic  and  miscellaneous  writer,  was**' 
Avhcl    thrrJT'?n'^^?V'  '^^\-    Hi«^''^'"a«  are  two  arid  twenty.  V 
™JL-       ^^.'"'"l  Paughter  and  several  comedies  and  farces  still  keep  ° 
possession  of   he  stage.    Toward  the  close  of  his  life  he  published  an  ex- 
cellent  translation  of  TaciAJs.  and  Garricks  Life,  and  died  In  June^is^     '  . 

I'lOMAS  Parnell,  the  poet,  and  friend  of  Gay,  Swift,  and  Pope,  was  bom 
sav^"^''".T^l'^'«'^"«ated  there,  and  died  in  Julv.  I7I7.  SamueUoh.S 
w>f  ■"*  i?^  verses  there  is  more  happiness  than  pains ;  he  is  sprightlv 
w^sTi'^^S'  f'^'/'ry-^  delights,  though  he  nevir  ravishes."  K.eS  ' 
was  a  contributor  to  the  Spectator  and  Guardian,  wrote  a  Life  of  Homer 
prefixed  to  Pope's  translation,  and  officiated  as  Vicar  of  Finglassnear  Dub- 
Anno  »   'n**  /*"®  ^^  ^^^,  «onftellation  of  wits  which  rendered  the  reign  of 

hrhtrf^'    ?  |-T'-^"'^K'i^"'*''*  ^**  ^'^^e  S'^en  to  English  versification 
Its  higliebt  polish,  in  which  his  poetry  surpasses  that  of  Pope  himself 

feels"'  "'  '"^''^  ^^^  of  Zoilis."  and  "tL  Origin  ™f  the 
John  Aooustus  Shea,  an  Irish  poet,  many  years  resident,  in  the  Unite* 
nfS.'J^f^*''^I"'i'^.?"5;:of€qrk,inNovember,•*1802.  He  is  the  author 
fn  «ji  "i"?'r  L^''\^^'''  °^*^e  Green  Banner,"  a  Work  of  merit,  publi.^hed 
m  1843-Adolph,  which  aiipeared  in  ISSl-Rudekki,  printed  i^  London  in-' 
1827— and  lyric  compositions,  among  which' his  "Lines  to  the  Ocean"  ' 
nave  obti^nied  a  broad  ahd  end-- •    ' 


ihmnii 


lopujarity. 


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iVlr  Sliea  was  a  m^lHb^  of  the  cfi^urtfh  of  Rome,  and  eaucated  for^ 

N.n  1'^  ^^i  .,^'"0''^'"«  'I't'matc  companions  in  early  life  were  Bishop  Eng- 

and,  and  the  celebrated  Irish  artifels,  Maclise  and  Hogan— and  it-was  ht* 

good  fortune  to  enjoy  tllte  friendship  of  Sir  Walter  Scott  and  Thomas  Camp- 

oeu.    He  published  a  volume  of  Poems  in  ilinope  at  the  age  of  twenty 


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and»  in  1835,  a  volume  entitfed  •  BSrnassiau  Wild  Flowers.^  He  had  been, 
at  various  times,  connected  with  the  National  Intelligencer,  Telegraph, 
Chronicfe  (Pluladelphia),  Lady's  Book,  and  other  periodicals,  either  as  a 
reporter  or  contributor;  and  assistejl  Mr.  Greeley  of  the  Tribune,  from  the 
commencement  of  that  journal,  till  Augjist,  1845.    One  day  that  month  he 

'  ■«rent  to  Connecticut  to  deliver  a  poetic  address,  ireturued  to  New  Yqrk  sick, 

,  and  soon  died.  ,        ■  ;        ' 

1  became  acguaintdd  tvith  Mr.  Shea  in  1838.    He  was  an  enthusiastic 

,  friend  to  Cai •  adian  Independence — an  Irish  repealer— and  the  first  Secretary 
of  the  '  Association  for  Catholic  Emancipation'  in  New'York,  his  friend 
Dr.  MagNeveu  being  then  president. 
Frances  Sheridan  was  the  grand-daughter  of  Sir  Oliver  Chamberlain, 

of  Dublin,  in  which  city  she  was  boni  in  May,  1724*  and  married  Mr. 

Thomas  Sheridan  when  in  her  twenty-third  year.    A  dispositioii  naturally 

^  happy  was  improved  by  a  refined  education,  jiud  she  appears  to  have 
,  ■  been  a  vgry^complished  female  at  the  time  of  her  marriage.  Her  hus- 
band was  exposed  .to  many  trying  vicissitudes,  whicfi  -his  wife  endufed 
v^ith  fortitude  and  cheerfulness,  but  at  length  she  sunk  under  a  rapid  de- 
cline at  Blois,  in  France,  Sept.  26, 1766,;  in  her  42d  year.  She  was  denied " 
Christian  burial-as  a  heretic,  and  but  for  the  exertion  of  JVlajor  Maurepas, 
her  husband's  friend,  her  body  had  been  excluded  from  the  church-yard 
becauj^e  of  her  o^^  Her  children,  Richard  Brinsley,  Charles  Francis, 
Alicia;  and  .Maria^^^e  chiefly  indebted  to  het  excellent  instruction  for 
the  celebrity  they  attained  in  life.      She  attained'  a  high  rank   among 

'me  literary  females  of  her  country,  and  her  writings  have  rtceived  the'  ap- 
probation ^f  the  most  eminent  of  her  contemporaries;  of  Dr.  Johnson, 
Dr.  Young,  Richardson,  Murphy,  and  Garrick.    Mrs*  Sheridan's  published 
,   works  are.the  fascinating  novel  of  Sidney  Biddulph ;  Nourjahad ;  and  the 
'  "DiscQvery,  attd  The  Dupe.    "A  Trip  to  Bath,"  a  comedy,is  .alsQ  ascribed' 
to  her  pen.         ,      ,  ■■...,.. 

H^KRY  Tresham,  R.  a.,  historical  painter,  was  bom  in  Dublip,  in  174?, 
and  studied  under  the  elder  West.  He  completed  hia  studies  inJtaly,  and 
on  his  return  filiighed  seveiral  pictures  in  grand  style. '.  He  was  also  a  poet 
of  no  mean  talent,  and  published  the  odd  but  well  written  poem  called  the 
Sea-Sick  Minstrel  ill  1796;  also,  Rome  at  the  close  of  the  18th -feentury, 
.  4to,  1799  ;  and  a  heroic  epistle  toBonaparte,  frorh  Britannicus,  1813.  His' 
"/death  took' place  June  17th,  1814.  '        v 

/'  Rev.  CHARLE3  Wolfe,  author  of  the  well  known  lin6s  on  Sir  John 
Moore's  buHal,  and  other  poetical  pieces  of  deserved  celebrity,  was  the 
youngest  son  of  Theobald  Wolfe,  Esq.,  of  Blackball,  Kildare/ was  born  in, 
Dublin,,Dec.  14th,  1791,  and  died  an  Ijish  Couatry  Curate,  in  Ulster,  on 
the  21st  of  Feb'y,  1822,  aged  3Q  years.  -     -5%^^ -^  ^ ;  i  -        < 

f  ■' ..  „,•■.'.   ■/>■'■■■'".'•''  '/'"■■■;■' .  I  ....  1  ■  -n"/ 


C(^EONEL'  CnK^tEB  CLJNT6N./; 


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Dt'RiNo  the  civil  wars  irt  England  in  the  reign  of  Charlc*ithe  First,  Wil- 
liam Clinton  was  distinguished  for  his  attachment  to  the  rbyal  cause.    On 
vllIB  failuntS  he  sought  refuge,  with  many  other  mtlitary  officers  who  had 
adhered  to  tlrei  StnartSi  on  the  continent  of  Europe.    After  spfendiug  some 
timfe  in  France  and  Spain,  he  went  secretly  to -Scotland,, where  lie  Huirried 
a/ady  of  the  name  of  Kennedy.    He  finallvsettled  in  Ireland,  wheife  he 
Bti-,  lettviti^  R  soti"  named' janies,  a  nutive  uf  lliu  Eiiienild  lsl6,  tll6ll  liut" 
/o  years  old,  and  who  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Smith,  an  English  lady, 
i^hosc'^ather  was  a  captain  in  Cromwell's  army.    His  son,  Charles  Clinton, 
(was  born  in  the  county  of  E6ngford  and  provmce  of  Leinster,  Ireland,  in* 
1890    and  great  care  was  bestowed  on  his  education  by  his  parents.'    Pes-  \ 


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srs.^  He  had  been, 
igencer,  Telegraph, 
>dicals,  either  as  a 
3  IVibune,  from  the 
day  that,  month  he 
[  to.New  Yqrk  sick, 

"^as  an  enthusiastic 
d  the  first  Secretary 
Work,  his  friend 

•liver  Chamberlain, 
;  and  married  Mr. 
>positioii  naturally 
I  appears  to  haVe 
arriage.  Her  Iras- 
his  wife  endul-ed 
under  a  rapid  de- 
.  She  was  denied ' 
:  JVlajor  Maurepas, 
n  the  church-yard 
r,  Charles  Francis, 
ent  instruction  for 
hi^  rank  among 
e  received  the'  ap- 
i;  of  Dr.  Johnson, 
eridan's  published 
ourjahad ;  and  the 
y,is  .alsQ  ascribed' 

in  Dublin,  in  174?, 
udies  in  Jtaly,  and 
(e  WQS  also  a  poet 
xi  poem  called  the  - 
the  18th  -feentury, 
tmicus,  1813.    His* 

lin6s  on  Sir  John 
celebrity,  was  the 
dare/wasborn  in, 
rai^le,  in  Ulster,  oa 


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er  Bpenyiug  some 
ivhere  he'Hi;arried 
Ireland,  whefe  he 

UU  loie,  UlQiT  iXXll 

,  an  English  lady, 
I,  Charles  Clinton, 
iinster,  Ireland,  ih^ 
biis  parents.'    Pes- 


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,  se  ledln  the  wilderness,  several  famiUe.s  purchasing  adjoiS  farms  '  ^ 

afiabihty  aiifl  polished  manners  6f  a  nolito  -entle^nai "    Snnn  nf  11  i  • 
arrival  he  was  appointed  by  the  governor  a^ustlceoS  peaS^d  aftpr"" 
wards  pronfoted  to  the  station  of  a  Jud-e  of  the  Coi?mn^^K«/t!. 
-  Comity  of.Ulster     He  settled  in  a  part-o^the  Luiitr^^^^^^^^ 

r^H"^^^^^^  ^'^  ^''«  ""''«°^'  ''V«'-'  >vi'd,  covered  wUh  Sad  e^. 
posed  to  the  incursions  Of  the  Indians  ;■  cultivated  his  farm  educated  hts" 
Itt^ltf'?'^  assistance  of  ihe  Rev.  Daaiid  Th^.  aKbS an  rni^ 
mstefr  v^o  had  studiedlit  Aberdeen),  and  being  aii  excellm  inathemS 
'teian.  acted  occasionallfas  a  land-surveyor  '        *''^'^''"^"^  matliemati- 

.  In  1 756,  hwwas  appointed  by  the  British  Governor,  Sir  Charles^  Hardv  a 
.Lieutenant  Colonel  of  the  New  Yoct  militia,  a'^id  commanded  a reSn^ 
at  the  capture  of  Foft  Frontenac,  now  Kingston,  in  Ca  lada     Hts  S 
&S::SS^r'^  mmatthecap^rc^e  ^^^^^ 

.SiSSeSltS^^ft^  ■ 

to  his  adopted  country,  two  son^.-edndated  under,  his  own  eye  Zl  tat.  S 
by  him  to  ove  and  cherish  and  suffer  for  the  great  principles  of  civ  ?  ad 
religious  hberty  who  deserved  and  obtained  1i  high  E  in  the  esteem 

aT4frr£i.5;?dtt 

so^ia  mtercqirrse  He  was  the  active  and  untiring  friend  of  die  Sg  a„  J 
jud  cheerful  y  aided  hundreds  ^  poor  settlers  from  the  old  world  to  o^bS 

-tiS  i"Ln  h^^^^^^^^^ 

-gemteman  Jic  luimud  aii  acquaintance,  whicTTwfts  produced  litr  ties  of  a 

distant  consangumity,  but  whidjl  hpen^i  into  an  iutiicy  which  oX  con* 

r„n.J*i®  ""^r*''  ^i""«'  Clinton  the  nppninlment  of  Sheriff  of  the  City  of  New  York  than  nn.  ^a.T 
SlK»rJ,";i'.r;rior«^''-  -ocmeu,  preferring  .^.^flel^tgi-r^S: 

->.  ■•  ■-        ,      -Av .,.,.-  -g-r  "'  ■'    ',  .'-  -  •    J       ♦   .I' 

'..-«         .:  ,    -.1     ,    .  ,.  .;  ••  w,,',,     <\"\,  .    .     '■■     ^1  -    ... 


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genialify  of  character  could  have  efTected.  General  Geqrge  CrinJon,  who 
began  his  giillaiu  career  in  the  cause  of  liberty  at  BunkerHill,  rose  to  the 
vice-presidoiicy  of  the  Union,  de?erv  hig;  yet  higher  honors,  which  only  his 
great  age  presented  him  from  attaining,  was  named  after  the  colonial  go- 
vernor, who^made  si)lendid  offers  to  his  father,  al>  of  which  he  dechned.  - 
preferringa  Hfe^f  independence,  in  the  bosom  of  his  fomily,a))d  siiWuid- 
ed  by  his  colony  of  frien*  and  oountrymeu,  to  the  aliurements  of  office  ' 
and  unreal  pageaiitr^  of  rank.  :,  •    ' 

^  Colonel  Cli (iron  left  four  sons  and  one  daughter.  Of  the  sons,  iflexander 
was  educjttfed  ^Nassau  College,  practised  as  a  physician,  and  died  with- 
out chddren.  «ftarles  was  a  surgeon  in  the  British  ariliy.  Of  the  lives  of 
'^James  |^nd  George,  very  brief  notices  are  given  in  jhis  volume,  which  Qon- 
tanied  m  the  hrst  edition,  an  erroneous  statement,  pages  14 and  54,  to  the  '- 
effect  that  a  sister  of  De  Witt  Clinton  and  grand-daughter  of  Colonel  Clin- 
ton, was  the  pother  of  Ambrose  and  John  C.  Spencer.  Their  fatlier.  Chief  < 
.Justice  Spencer,  married  successively  two  daughters  of  General  James  Clin- 
ton, but  the  mother  of  the  Messrs.  Spencer  was  a'  Miss  Caufield  of  New 
England,  his  first  wife.  ,     >^ 

Colonel  Clinton  died  on  the  19th  of  Nov.  1773.  He  lived  to  see  his  son 
George  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  in  successful  practice,  and  also  to  witness^ 
hjs  tnumphant  election  for  Ulster  County,  to  the  Colonial  Assembly,  in  mi9, 
after  a  formidable  opposition  from  thfe  influence  of  the  crown.  The  youtliful 
patriot*  immediately  espoused  the  caus6  of  Ws  country,  was  re-eleeted 
by  the  Ulster  freemen,  and  nobly  perseVered  during  a  lengthened,  and  most 
honorable  aijd  successful  public  career.  In  1775,  he  was  at  Bunker  Hill  ; 
iu^'76  in  Congress  voting  for  ind6pendence,  and  then  joining  the  armies  as 
a  brigadier  general ;  in  '77,;  he  was  tlie  first  republican  governor  of  the  en- 
franchised state  of  New  York..  The  councils  of  their  father  were  certainly 
not  lost  uppn  the  children  of'  Charles  Clinton,  who  expired  at  the  ad-  ' 
yanced  age  of  eighty-three,  ",J)reathing  an  hrdent  spirit  of  patriotism,  and, 
m  his  last  moments,  conjuring  his  sons  to  stand  by  the  liberties  t)f  America  " 

Colonel  Clinton's  wife,  the  mother  of  his  children,  was  Elizabeth  Deniston, 
sister  to  Alexander,  who  accompanied  him  to  America,  and  purchaseijthfe 
next  adjoining  farm.   She  was  a  native  of  Ireldnd;   His  daughter  Catharine 
married  Colonel  James  McClaughey,  "  as  brave  an  officer  as  America     ' 
could  boast  of,"  and  who  signalized  himself  in  the  defence  Of  Fort  Mont- 
gomery, and  on  other  occasions  during  the  war  of  hidependence.  ' »     ' 
^  The  confidence  that  Was  given  to.  his  gralid father  by  the  Irishmen:who   v' 
accompanied  him  to  America— and  to  his  father'and  uncle  in  tlj'e  wars  of 
1759  and  1776— was  not  withheld  from  Pe Witt  Clinton  during  the  strug- 
gle of  1812.     In  an  address  adopted  at^a  immerous  meeting  of  the  Irisl»>" 
Citizens  of  New  York  to  De  Witt  Clinton,  presented  March  16th.  I8l5,  bv 
Dr.  M'Neven,  Denis  M'Carthy,  Thomas  Addis  Emmet;  and  Charles  Chris'- 
Uan,  they  thus  enumerate  his  services  to  the  cpuntry  during  the  war  of  •; 
181 Z  I  %  - 

"  In  the  late  perilous  §tate  of  our  countryf  you  devised  the  plans  of  de-*^ 
fence  which  gave  security  to  this  great  metropolis  of  American  commerce,    ' 
and  preserved  this  most  important  military  post  from  the  possession  or 
attempts  of  the  enemy.    Your  exertions  were  no  less  strep'uous  and  sue-  ' 
ceselul  m  .obtaining  liinds  raised  on  the  credit  of  our  corporation,  for  the     ' 

i^naintenance  and  payhicnt  of  the  forces.    By  such  acts,  without  parade, 
alj^pst  unseen,  you  iifforded  to  the  general  government,  the  resources  and 

"  ^,S°'"' °^  which,  at  that  perrbd  of  alarm,  it  stood  so  much  in  newl."    They 
add,  that  "  Iri.sh  republicans  have,  niornover,  peculiar  motiyes  of  Rcknnw-  — 


leageraent.    in  the  fiiir  enjoyment  oTcitrzenship,  in  the  freest  and  happiest 

wlMkatlt^jh.^Tt^r'J^^'^^'?^  jonld  |flv«    warred  nirainit  the  overwhelinlng  Inflnenco  and 
-!r„r^l       "^'  •«"»'""  "f  **8  ^My  anJ  Livingston,  nnd  wm  ni«cd  lorank  and  Influence  u  Uw 
—SUA  01  iiM'peopi^.  — '   -'^ ■■  « 


'Al 


)      * 


'<   »■) 


*    ■ 


.,^„. 


qr^e  Crinton,  who 
cerliill,  rose  to  the 
rs,  which  only  his 
er  the  colonial  go- 
rliich  he  dedined,- 
niJy.ajidsftjKpund- 
urements  of  office 

he  sons,  Jtlexander 
in,  and  died  with-- 
y.  Of  the  live«  of 
jlume,  which  qon- 
ildand  54,  to  the 
!r  of  Colonel  Clin- 
Theirfatlier,  Chief  - 
eneral  James  Clin- 
}  Caufield  of  New 

ved  to  see  his  son 
ind  also  to  wnnes9§r 
Assembly,  in  ri<)9» 
)wn.  Theyoutliful 
y,  was  ret-eleeted 
gthened,  and  most 
IS  at  Bunker  Hill  ; 
ning  the  armi.es  as 
overnor  pf^  the  en- ' 
;her  were  certainly 
sxpired  at  the  ad-  ' 
of  patriotism,  and, 
ertiesiof  America." 
Elizabeth  Deniston* 
and  purchase^sthife 
aughter  C^thalfine 
fficer  as  America 
nee  of  Fort  Mont- 
pendence.  '  f"''' 

the  Irishmen,  who  i 
icle  in  tb*e  w^rs  of 
during  the  stnig- 
jeting  of  the  Irisl»^' 
rch  16th.  1815,  by 
ind  Charles  Chris- 
luring  the  war  of  • 

i  the  plans  of  de-*^ 
lerjcan  commerce, 
the  .possession  or 
trepuojjs  and  sue-  ' 
orporation,.for  the 
i,  without  parade, 
the  resources  and 
1  in  newl."    They 


BBV.   DR,   WILLIAM  PORTER. 


6S 


iraunity  of  the  univeVse,  it  would  ill  become  them  to  forgetrthat  to  vou{ 

-.inly  ri'L'^T  '!^«T^'-«.  *bted  for  that  inestimable  privi  Se   wffi 

seofitor  ojthfe  United  St^tesJ  you  stood  foifemost  in  pre  .arin-  ancrcar! 

rymg  into  Mw  tfie  existing  mode  of  naturalization.     By  tl  is  act  the  te?ft 

of  residenc^6  was  reduced  to  f  e  ^rom  fourteen  years;  a  pcS  so-S 

thaut  was  intended  to  opera^  as  aaexclusion  Jf  ,11  pfe^so^ifS  of  a'FoS 

■  H«^r?.o!;^^''?ft''f  TfCfA^tlywpeared  in  the  public  prints  giving  intima- 
Sfi  tS  vvho?.'/  ?f  V-  ^'"'*9^^' °f  NY.,  the  gr^eat  grandson  of  CoL  cSes 
Olinton,  who  has  in  his  possession  the  papers  of  lii$  family,  was  about  to 
publish  a  memoir  of  his  father,  De  Wat  Clinton.  Such  a  Lrwmild  fur° 
nish  important^addifons  tojhe  materiSls  for  American  history  a^exp^ 

-  ^^?!t  n^^  1  ^t^  •  '"yf '7. "^  ^^  rnpLmetits  of  poliucians  and  pa  tres  pre 
vioustoand  dunng  the  laft  war.  ft  .might  also  go  back  to  the  tines  of 
colonial  vassalage,  and'tlubw  new  rays  of  light  on  the  bioVaphy  o?  tlfe 
mora  iftth'^^^r^'P^l^f  17?9.%vhose  desceudaiirilvf  Kined 
Sk  tS^ln  L^°"fh^'  7'^°,'^'^^  H?"?^."^«  °f  *^»e  people  of  the  sta-  V\>x^ 
York  than  any  other  family  in  thie  Uhiqn.    -  ' 


THE  REJV.  DR.    WILLIAM  PORTER. 

Oh,  never  shall  earth  see  a  moment  so'splendid ! 
1  hen,  then,  had  one  hymn  of  deli  verance  blended         : 
Ihe  tongues  of  all  nations,  how  sweet  had  ascended/ 
.  The  first  no^e  of;  liberty,  Erin!  fVom  thW.  5^ 

But  shame  dn  those  tyrants,  who  envied  the  hlessine 
And  shame  on  their  light  race,  unworthy  it?  ^od. 
Who,  at  death's  reeking  altarjike  furies  caressin-'   v 
1  he  young  l|ippe  of  freedom,  baptized  it  in  blood ! 


itjle 


MOORE's  MKIiODIEIi. 


;4tT^il,f'"i^7V't?"'^'^te*"SeIWIH.  and  patriotic  presbyterian  divine,  the 
aiher  of  the  late  Senate^' Porter-of  Louisiana,  was  i  native  of  the  north  o1 
Ireland,  and  pastbr  t)f  the  congregation  wtich  worshipped  at  Grey  a" bey 
S#T'°"^'5'  "'  H  county  olDown.    Hewas  much  beloved  by  the 
fnecS&i»?»'i"v  ^4  P'*""!^".*^  exemplary,  tis  connexipns.  highly  re! 
K,n.'^  1?  'J"t'«al>«  er  .he  wa.s;causti(5;  humorous,  and  exceedinglv 
?WnH  iJt  «"'^^"^-    H'^aiS^P'^  ^e  ^^«  a  republi^i-a'rftemberof  the 
H  s  1nflf!p„I'''^'^'  l"i^W''?^*V-S°'»S:  frie»dJgirnoble  cause  of   798^ 
His  influence,  minghtriessj'and  character.lnatm^  ' 
enslavers  of  his^countrlrmen.    When  the  editbrmiidvprooriellir  id"  the 
Northern  Star  at  Belfastfwere  thrown  i«ttf•dlmgeolJ7^SfficcS»tiSn^r 
form  of  tnal.vhe  wrote  sime  splendid  essays  foy  itJ^qd^ihSRlord  Castle' 
^^fi?„1  r  *^"  ^'f'^\m  Earl  of  Londonderry,  teaced  the«bSii-they 
El      T^  ^*  f  then}  victim ;  a  court-manial  wasaiastify  assenfbled  bV 
Castlereaghs  orders,  cbmposed  of  suitable  instruments  of  crime.    Dr 
K!!f'^'''  ^***'  5^  arreked.  tried  for  sedition,  which  meant  the  propaga- 
Xion  of  opinions  displeasing  to  the  rulers  of  Ireland ;  and-execute/betwleii 
WhfC^I*  1^^"'"?  ^?'^^^  ^"'^  his  meeting-house  in  Grey  ibb^y-^tes. 
Sf  Ms  nm  r.  /"^'^f '«<^  i«  J'«w  of  his  once  peaceful  home,  the  residence 
fhi^fho          u  ""'u  hQart-broken  wife,  and  y^om^g  family,  and  in  sight  of 
he  chapel  where  he  h^d  so  often  lig^  up  his  vSice  to  the  Gpd-  of  hiaven 
»n  earnest  prayer  for  the  dn|i"°- -ri — ._  t^-i_    .  r        ..     .       .    .  r" 


Qtiyeapf  ndknnw      j       4g_gJL"!est  Pjayer  lo  Ifnland  from  the  handoPthu 

reest  and  happiest     l        *"^"e'  Rpoiler,  for  the  hejaling  of  these  intestine  divisions  whicJi  had  weak* 


whelming  Inflnence  and 
ank  and  inflqenc^  u  Uw 


ened  his  country,  and  fpr  strength  from  above  t6  the  flock  of  whith  he  was 
t  !  ZV*  '^'^  i^"*  "^  "^embers  might  ^e  enabled  tabapr  with  patience 
the  unknown  trials  and  difliculties  of  life.  Dr.  Portei^tawi^vct  before  hiff 
muraerers,  for  such  8ui[ely  were  the  unjust  judges  wh||^[||p|erea^  had 


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'  i         ^^'"^  ''tS'9  before  recorded  in  Dnblin 
iiy  andjresoluterMle  charges  against  him  were 
^Jjfi£exccmioM,  and  in -the  pfirhe 
3*i^(rfr6m  amoiiij  the  liviiig.     He 
lasTpang  Avas  '  weakened  by  his 
,       'Watched  overalls  \V^ido\v4^ed  her 
'^•i^iilrtprotectcd  Jiis  fptfierlcss  boys,  and 
SkVisdom.     When  Jiis  mo.«t  crnel 
^     "c^ccuiur,  Jwrcrj^siiflF^Mp,  ccmHtiitte^sn^  the  cities  a^d  villages  of 

Britani  Were  #nt)ft»te'd-^iien  WiUiani  Porter  was  sacrificed/vast  bodies 
ot  hireling  troapa^^arded  his  tormentors  from  the  rage  of  'an  ininred  and 
uisiilted  people. '%!'  ^  / 

/Theconyentiottor  synod  of  clergy nii#to  which  Dr.  Porter  belonged, 
were  UHited  to^er  by  a  form  of  church  government,  independent  of  the 

>•   state,  nx  Ulst9r--||By  had  become  an  impoftant  political  power.    <Castle- 

,    reagh  ^ecomhlej|^l^t^  purchase  of  their  irood  Avill  by  pensions  from  the 

crown,  so  tha^  t|«|  Mghi  depend  more  on  the  British  government  than 

on.their  ewjl  ccffla^lations.     To  this  they  acceded— but  I  rejoice  to  sav 

'  ^    that  It  wis  after  th&|eath  of  Dr.  Porter.     A  similar  course  is  now  pursued 

in  Canada,  with  th4|lergy  of  several  denominations,  but  I  believe  that  the 

Irish  CatholiCiClmrch'fc'ave  refused  this  bounty  in  every  shape  or  form. 

,     "  The  successorii;6E^Golumbys  and  of  Penn"  s!\w  good  brought  out  of 

evd,^t>hen,  m,  1773:  ftlMt  1774,  the  imfeeling  conduct  of  Scottish  and  Irish 

\    landldrds' drove  mamthousands  of  the  farmers  i^nd  laborers  to  America, 
,  .where  ;liey  com])o.46*%  great  part  of  the  army  which  began  and  conchicted 

-•.  the  VVar  ot  Itidependence.     TJie  Irish  landlords'  had  been  employed  for 
.sever{>l  years,  uf)  to  1776,''in  expelling  tlieir  Protestant  tenants,  and  turning 

.     their  land  i^to  grazings.     The  oppressed  Presbyterians  removed  to  Araeri^ 
•ca)  and  old  Irishmen  Often  state,  that  in  the  time  of  the  American  revolu- 


>. 


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contains  a  li.st  of  ^^39  passengers  at  Philadelphia  from  Newry,  Belfast, 
,Waterford,iand  Lonilb'uderry,  between  July  11,  and  AugiisJ;  30,'  1774.  ^oon 
after  this  a  nation'  ot  jirmed  Iris,hmen,  undivided  by  faction,  and  as.<embled 
for  indepehdence*  astonished  the  world  by  their  well-merited  success.  At 
length  religious  feuds  weaicened  by  dividing  them,  as  they  aye  now  divid- 
ing this  UnioiK  Cathplic  chapels  were  burnt  and  Presbyterian  ministers 
put  to  a  shameful  death  in  179S  in  Ireland;  and  Catholic  (j}iaij«ls.|w;(,re 
burntjnPhiladeliShj^amtsectariaj^  "bigotry  and  a  church  a^^^li4^MI)n, 
|[i>v  York  in,  1844!  These  are,  inde^^daiigerous 
thcrvii^ors  in  the  fanguage-oMlenfy  Morton  to 
ifore  the  battle  of  Bothwell  Bri^e,  as  I  find  j^  in 


^.„ 


'  stood*  triumphant, 
trinpiijlis.    1  coil 
the  Presbyterian 
*01d^Iort: 

"•O  re 
brought  uj 
punishtnen 
seosions  w 
dering  at  its 

It  was  on 
cruel  career  oil 
English,  a^d  Frt; 
andgenefoiisspi 


,.  brethren,  tl^t  the  last  and  \Yorst  evil  which  God 

&0]»le  whom  he  had  ouce  cliosen ;  the  last  and  ^'c*st 

.jMindiiess.aiid  haniiies.'r.gPheart  was  the  bloody  dis- 

^i:sundor  their  city,  eveir when  the. eiiemy  were  thun- 

"Junc,  179.8,  tWt  the  Marquisf  6ornwallis,  wfiose, 
ITntlnent  was  sto^)[)('d  by  American,  Irislw'Scottish, 
^iots,  rook  the  pui'reme  command  in  Irpla|f^^'oble 

Ijr.  I'Arter,  ♦^oughr  to  rouse  the  peopftjjtt^fijsSRtltJi- 


M 


verance,  through  appeals  like  the  anuoxed  pafody.     But  vain 
where -foreign  ffl*l^*;+^»^t-<t<»<we^Uic  H-tiiioi-i^  h-.td  iiuhiced  Cliri.«,tiaul!,- 
creeds  to  abaiuion  f;i!t4i,love,  and  Charity,  for  that  domestic  strife 
in  two  cities  o*(;he  Union  we  hud  last  year  a  terrible  foretaste. . 


jw 


jr  bosoms  w^'U  b,are  for  the  jriprious  strife^ 
d  oqr  o^ilh  in  recorded  oniiigh  j  r^' 


recorded  in  Dnblin 
against  him  were 
,  aijd  ill 'the  pfiriae 
ug  the  iiviiig.  He 
weakened  by  his 
s  AVidow-Vned  her 
[itfierlcss  hoys,  and 
ktMi  Jiiis  mo.«t  cruel 
ties  a^d  villages  of 
rifiecd,  vast  bodies 
of  'an  injured  and 

.  Porter  belonged, 
rtdependent  of  the 
il  power.  .Castle- 
pensions  frpiri  the 
governinent  than 
Hit  I  rejoice  to  say 
se  is  now  pursued 
1 1  believe  that  the 
shape  or  form, 
od  brought  out  of 
Scottish  and  Irisli 
borers  to  America, 
;an  and  conducted 
een  employed  for 
nants,  and  turning, 
emovcd  to  Araeri- 
American  revolu- 
idom  of  thg6^coi| 
anls  in  tlie  Unlf 
[■  Christ.  Marshall' 
m  Newry,  Belfast, 
.St  30;  J 774.  Soon 
on,  and  assembled 
'rited  success.  At 
ey  aye  now  divid- 
bj^terian  ministers,,, 

•h  a^i^ttkife^M'on  • 
ndeed^  dangerous 
b^tfenry  Morton  to 
|e,  as  I  find  g:  ia 

t  evil  which  God 
he  last  and  ^'ctrst 
as  the  bloody  dis- 
3iiemy  were  thuu- 

yornwallis,  wUose.. 
m,  Irisli^Scottish, 


■  -jj?- 


•■•*■*  ■ 


ALEXANDER  PORTER, 


To^irevail  in  the  cause  that  is  dearer  than  hfe, 

Jr,  crushed  fn  its  ruins,  to  die. 
en  rise,  fellow  freemen,  and  stretch  the  right  hand, 
ftd  swear  to  prevail  in  your  dear  native  latfd.     " 

'Ti^  the  home  we  hold  sacred  is  laid  to  our  trust, 
God  bless  the  green  isle  of  the  brave ! 

Should  a  conqueror  tread  on  our  forefathers'  dust, 
.       It  would  rouse  the  old  dead  frona  their  grave. 
Then  rise,  feHow  freemen,  &c. 

Ill  Green  Erin^s  sweet  home  shall  the  spoiler  abide, 
Projihaning  its  loves  Und  its  charms  ? 

Shall  the  stranger  insult  the  loved  fair  at  our  side  ? 
To  arms!    Oh,  my  country,  to  aims  I   '  T 

Shall  tyrants  enslave  us,  my  countrymen  ? No ! 

.,     Their  heads  to  the  sword  shall  be  given : 
Let  a  death-bed  repentance  be  taught  the  proud  foe, 
And  his  blood  be  an  oiferingA to  Heaven. 


,--\ 


■>■■" 


.  ■    *  r 


"^?r 


ALEXANDER  PORTER.  .        ^ 

'  This  gentleman  was  many  years  a  judge  of  the  supreme  Qourt  in  Loui- 
siana, twice  elected  to  the  Senate  of  the  Uuioh  by  that  state/and  aliketlis- 
tmguished  for  us  social  qualities,  moral  worth,  and  sreat  learning.  He 
fefhi  .f"  ?/P''^l\"i  h's  "ative  country,  Ireland,  by  the  martyrdom  of  hts 
father,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Porter,  a  short  sketch  of  whose  life  precedes  this, 

'iifl?^  Porter  died  on  the  13th  of  Januarj^,  1844,  at  his  beautiful  plaiita- 
Sf^f  MI  ''^'.^'"HS'^"^' aged  58  years,  after  a  long  protracted  and 

pamtui  Illness,  and  his  remains  w^te  buried  at-  Nashville  in  Teunessee    He 
was  a  very  old  and  intimate  personal  frienrbf  Henry  Clay,  wlio.saL  prin- 
ciples ^nd  patriotism  he  held  in  high  esteem.  ^       *o  «^prm 
On  the  2d  of  February.  1844,  his  death  was  announced  by  Messrs.  Bar- 
s?T  u"    »?^"«"^  "'  t>«  United  States  ^late,  and  by  iviessrs.  Vance  and 
Shdell  mthe  House  of  Representatives,  "their  remarks  furnish  an  account 
of  his  useful  and  interesting  life.                  ,                     ^ 
rvMr.  Benton, of  Missouri,  said:—    "          '                   ..  / 
?*«  I  am  the  oldest  personal  friend  whom  the  illustrious  ddceased  can  have 
,n  this  floor,  and  amongst  the  oldest  whom  he  can  havD  in  the  United 
.  J:    fu-  }   'f»ow  sir,  more  than  the  period  of  a  geiicnition-more  than 
the  thjM  ofca  c|nt^iqf— smca,  the  then  emigrant  Irish  boy,  Alexander 
...forter,  igftl  mj^'r'met  pi^e  banks  of  the  Cumberland  rivor,  at  Nashville 
Ir    a!     1     <*SW*'««^i§*»<?ommenced  a  friendship  which  deathonly 
diss(Slyed  on  h#Wt.    We  belonged  to^a  circle  of  ymm^^  lawyers,  and 
students' at  law^^vho  had  the  \yorld  before  them,  and  nothing  but  their 
ej^tipns  to  djpend  wppn,   Fir^  a  dark  in  his  uncle'g.storer  then  a  student . 
a|*mw,  !^nd  {«r#ays  a  lover  of  books,  the  young  Porter  was  one  of  that 
circle,  andit  was  the^ciwtom  of  rift  that  belohged  to  it  to  spend  ilieir  leisure 
hours  i.ifSfe  dehghtftl  uicciipatiou  of  reading.    History,  poetrv,  elocution.  ~ 
biographv,  tWu.iobl^.st»«Bhes  of  the  Jiving  and  the  dead,  were  oiu 
social  ^%atfi¥fr^an4j.m.vouiige^tt^^  of  our  circle  was  one  of  our 
•  favorite  readers.     lj»r#^welt,  becMi-Jte  he  comprehQiided  cloarly.  felt 


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^  fw  .  tV'°  *'^''  ^^'*^  with  his  rich,  mellifiu(^us  Irish  accent.     It  was  then 
that  1  became  acquainted, with  Ir^and  and  her  children,  read  the  ample 

J7',u-'^-.^'°'l?^.'  '!?*""  ^^^  'o"?  ^'^^  °f^  1*6'  martyred  patriots'  names. 
ayrtpatlused  m  their  fi^te.aiid  imbibed  the  feelings  'for  a  noble  and  on- 

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ALEXANDER  PORTER. 


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pressed  people  which  the  exttn#Hon  of  my  own  Tifc  can  aloiie  extinj,nTish? 

Time  and  events  tlispersecj  4hat  circle.  •  the  voiiiig  Poner,  his  hiwlicencft 

^igned,  Avciit  to  the  Lower  Mississippi ;  I  to  flic  Upper.     And,  years  after- 

wardsV^pffmet  on  this  floor.  Senator.*  from  different  parts  o/thaf.  vast  Loui- 

^  siana  wJiicli  was  not  even  a  p^nrtBof  the  American- Union  at  the  time  that 

\he  and  I  were  bofn.     We  met  here  in  the  session  of  1833,  '34— high  party 

_  tiincs,  and  on  opposite  sides- of  the  great  party  line;  but  we  met  as  We  hatl. 

"■  parted  years  before.'    We^et  as  friends,  and  tlioiigh,  often  qnr  part  to  re- 

fJly  to  cadi  other  in  the  arden^  debate,  yet  never  did  we  do  it  with  other 
eehngs  tlian  those  with  wHich  we  were  wont  to  discuss  our  snbiects  of 
recreation  on  the  banks  of  the  Cumberland, 

Alexander  Porter— a  lad  of  fender  age— an  orphan'  wit'h  a  widowed 
nfothor  and  young^children— the  father  martyred  iu  tiie  cause  of  freedom— 
an  exile  before  he  was  ten  years  old— an  ocean  to  be  erecaed,  and  a  strange 
land  to  be  seen,  ^ndji  wiIderness.of  aYhousg^d  miles  to  bep&netrated,  be- 
fore lie  coiifd  find  a  resting  place  for  tJ)e-«oIe  of  his  foot:  then  education 
to  be"  acquired',  sn]il)«)rt  to  be  earned;  and  even  citizenship  to  he  gained, 
beiore  he  could  make  his  own  talefus«irai!able  to  his  support :  conqiiering^ 
all  thesc^lilTicnltiea  by  his.owii/texertions,  and  the  aid  of  an  aflectiouate 
m»cle,  Mr.  Alexander  Porter,  soft.,  merchant  of  Nashville,  he  soon  attahied 
every  earthly. objecf,  either  b/lliant  or  sub.stantial,  for  which  we  live'and 
.strug;gle  m  tlu§  lf(e.  Honors,  fortune,  friends ;  the  highest  pro0siowal  and 
"  pohttcal  distinDtion ;  long,  a  s>n)rc.rpe  judge  in  his  adopted  state ;  twic*  a 
Senator  m  the  Congress  qftheJlfnited-Sliitps;  wearing  alt  jiis  honors,  fresh 
and  growmg  to  the  last  mdm«it  ftf  hi§  life— an(T;.the  announcement  of  hi.<» 
dea-.h  fallowed  by  the  adjonrnirient.of,  tJie  two  Houses  of  the  American 


lie  and  !fcrownirig*conclusioji  to  a 


beginning 


so 


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i- 


CoiigEe,«.s !    AVfiat  art 

humble,  and  so.appa¥8i5^y  hopeless !  .  .    . 

Our  decease'd  brother  walJiot  an  American  citizen  by  the  accident  of 
birth:  he* became  so  by  the  t^hoice  of  his  own  wjf,  and  by  the  operation 
of  our  laws.     The  ewMrtTSf  his' life,  and  the  business  of  this*  <Jay,  shoAV     . 
this  title  io  citizenshy  to  be  as  vujid  in  our  America  as  it  waS  yt  t%  great " 
republic  of  antiquity:    I  borrow  the  thought  of  Cicero,"  in  liiis  pl'^s^di'tig  fpf'" 
the  poet  Xrchias,  when  I  place  the  citizen  who  ^ecomeS  .so.  by  lawf  an4,.,. 
choice,  on  an  eqnal  fpoting  with  the"  citizen  who  becomes  so  by  chfWcer' 
And  in  the  instance  now  before  us,  we  may  say  that  our  adopted  ci^en  - 
Jias  repaid  us  for  the  liberality  of  our  laws,  that  he  has  added  to  the*stock 
of  onr  national  charactifer  by  the  contributions  which  he  has  brought  to  it, 
in  the  pniuy  of  his  private  life— the  eminence  of  his  public  service*— the 
ardor  of  his  patriotism,  iind  the  elegant  prodnctionsipf  his  mind.     '         ■     • 

A  few  years  agoi  and  Wfter  lie  had  obtaii>ed  gireathoJior  dnd  fortune  in 
this  coniuiy,  he  returned  tori  ti  visit  fo  his  native  laHiL  a^d  to  tl»e  cqptinent 
of  Europe.  It  wa«  an  9dcasion  of  honest  esjultatili^irfor  the  orphfuyinnii- 
gmnt  boy  to  return  to  th^  land., of  his  fathers,  rich  in  the  goods  dMfcs  life, 
and  clothed  witli  the  hoitOr^  (rff  the.  American  Senate.  Burth^dpl^s  a 
meWncholy  one  to  liim.  His  soul  sicktened  at  the  state  of  his  f«Iow-men 
mthe  old  world,  (I  hacMjt  from  his  oXyn  fipf^aud  he  returned  from.that 
visit  with  strdhger  fet^iifi^  Jhan  ever  irffavor  of  hisi  adopted  country." 
Senator  Barrow  thus  (fe^ribes  hiss  deceased  colleagvie: 
«« JbDGK  Pouter  was  born  ill  the  land  of  Ciirran,  and  his  fathaLv^iJ  ^  co- 
temporary;and  friend  of  that  brillant  orator  Und  incom7pt;ible  plHfot.  The 
father  of  Judge  Porter  was  a  man  of  piety  and  classical  ediiWion,  and 
was  by  profession  a  minister  of  the  Gospel;  but' the  fire  ofvpatriolism  and 
the  love  of  libertv.glowed  so  warmlv  in  his  bosom  that  he  threw  ""='"  **— 


the"  \ 


4iHd-f»utt»it-tJte^bttnM»hed  armotrt-trf a  soldier,  and  re5ii/i,c. 
'to  conquer  or  die  in  defence  of  his  country's  freetlpm.  Hjsfory  informs  »s 
what  ^vas  the  result  of  jjie  patriotic  attempt,  madflah  1798,  By  some'6f<the 
purest  and  most  giftpd'sons  of  Ireland,  to  emancigaWher  from  tfee  thraldom 
of  England ;  anjMiora  the  pages  of  the  same  history  we  leat;n 


I  aloiie  extinj^rish.*  ' 
ter,  liis  lawlicenc* 
And,  years  after- ' 
s  o|  that  vast  Loiii- 
111  at  the  time  that 
33,  '34— high  party 
we  met  as  \ve  hau. 
'ten  Qur  "part  to  re- 
e  do-  it  with  other 
ss  our  subjects  of 

with  a  widowed     . 
aiTse  of  frecdom-r-  . 
lacd,  and  a  strange    " 
bep&netrated.he- 
t:  then  education 
ship  to  J)e  gained, 
iport:  Goiiqiiering"" 
of  an  aflectiouate  . . 
s,  he  soon  attauied 
bich  we  live'and 
It  pro^siowal  and 
ed  state ;  twic^  a 
tt  his  honors,  fresh 
louncement  of  his 

of  the  Aniericau 
>  a  beginning  so 

»y  the  accident  of 
by  the  operation 
}f  this  ^ay,  show 
t  was  yi  t%  great-; 
n.  his  i)Itei\di'hg  fpf*" 
iS  so.  by  la\V  an4,  •,. 
les  so  hf  chiSiice" ' , 
r  adopted  ciitllcn  • 
idded  to  the*stock 
ha^,  brought  to  it, 
Wic  services— the 
is  mind.,     '       ,  '     ■ 
or  dnd  fortune  in 
1  to  tl»e  cqptinent 
the  orpbaifcimnii- 
goods  I^^Bs  life, 

f  his  fWlow-men 
eturned  from^hat 
ted  country." 

•<  fathfllLwaij  ^  cot 
ble  PiWot.    The 
il  edu«|||ion,  and 
)f>patriotiam  and     - 
tiirew  asidfi  the  *  ^ 


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ALEXANOSR  POIt,TER. 


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Inch 


lier,and~: 
js|ory  infomijs  us 
\,  By  §ome'6f4he 
rom  tfie  thraldom 
i^e  lea^n 


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father  of -Judge  Pprtfcr  felU  martyr  in  the  cause  of  freedom,  anil  yjv^  exe- 
cuted  as  a  rebel.  Judge  Porter  thus  becairie  in  early'life  fatherless  and 
without  R  home,  and  he  wasfor.c;ed  to"  abandon  his  own,  his  native  land,, 
ami  seek'rch.ge  ui  a  Idna  of  .strangers.  To  this  countrv,  the  asylum- of  the 
V<ipppse(^  of  all  natioij.s,,  Judge  Porfer,  in  conjpauy  "with  his  widowed 
^  -mother  and  a  jounger  brothe^  emigrater  and  settled  in  Nashville.  Ten- 
rtessee,  among-st  whose  generous  citizen^  he  found  .many  ready^to  coriK. 
fort  the  Widow  and  protect  the  fatherless  '  *  •        p. 

In  a  fex^,years,^\<?hile  thus  lahjouring  for  his  own  and  a  widowed 
motliers  support,  he  not  only  e.vtended  the  sphere  of  his  gendril  knowl- 
edge,  hut  ho  laid  the  broad  and  deep  foundation  of  that  fegal^  learning 
which  was  the  pi?tde  ;iijd  oriiauiei^.of  his  "matured  age,  and  which  wiU 
transmit  his  name  tg^the  latest  m^aterity  a.*i  tone  of  Ae  brightest  judicidl 
..hghts  of  this  a^e.  At  this  y^d  of  his  hfe  we  find  Juil|e  Portir  once 
tnore  seelving  ifnew  home;  and  about  the  year  1H09  he  removed  from 
Nashv.  JetotheTerritorvof  Orleans,  and  settled  in  the  parish *fAttakapas. 
-where  i.c  lived  and  die.d,  loved  and  admired  for  hw  riiany  private  virtues 
and  ho  ored  for  his  taleiit.s  and  puhlijB  services  '        ""•«*" 

-xJlie  first  high  station  of  .trust  in.^vBicl|||e  find  him  placed  '^y  the"  con-  ' 
Vb.o  ?  ""rv  ^^  ^'^''^  "'"°""  '^'P'"  he  h!«Seftled,  is  in  the  convention  of. 
1812  to  fdrin  atJTonstJtution  foKhe  Territorlr  of^rleans.     In'that  body, 
.    which  111! mberea  the  ablest. m«^ii  of  the  TerrilMMfcidTe  PorteV  soon 
\quned  a  reputation  .  for  intqgfity,  learning,  li^tatesmahsh^ 
ijlaced  hjijii  atonc«  mo.st  Goi^spiciioasly  before  th^people:  amriie  was 
nU  long  aitpr  that  period,  etevatpd  to  the  Supreme  Cm«^r%nch  of-tlie 
btatc  ol  Lousiana,  which  statjo^he  occupied  for  aboiit^f  een  years 

It  was  m  that  ofFice  that  Judge  Ptjiter  .rendered  services  to  ihe  people  of 
Louisiana  abdve  all  appreciation.. and  acquired  for  himself  a  reputation  as 
imperishablo  as  the  cifil  law  itself.  The  opinions  which  he  dell^^red 
display  a  depth  of  learning,  a  power  of  aimlvsis,  a  force  of  reasoning,  and' 
a  comprehensiveness  and  acciu-acy  of  jndgnieut.  which  justly  entitle  htm 
to  a  niche  in  the  temple  of  Fame  in  juxtaposition  Avith  eventlie  ^'reat  the 
pure,  the  immortal  Marshall!^  °       ' 

.  The  oiplmn  child  (said  Mr.  Slidell  i«  the  house  of -Representatives) 
was  brought  to  the  United  States  by  aodM^a  verv  tendir  age ;  he  re- 
ceived,  m  feniiessee,  suclV^an -educati^'ilWlgPtild  .thbn  be  obtained  at  a- 
common  country  school ;  aiid,  while  atteiiding  during  th^day  to  the  busi- 
netssof  ^  village  shop,  ^quired  at  night  in  the  hours  devoted  by  others 
•to  mmisenient  or  to  slefepv  sucli  simple  rudiments  of  law  as  he  could  "lean 
froni  a  f«w  elementary  buoks.kLined  to  Imn  by  those  who  felt  an  inrerest 
m  the  youii-  .^f udent.     With  tl*  scanty  out\]t  of  learning,  he  soon  after 
arriyed  atjuauliood.  abouttiie  year  1809,  emigi-ated  to  Louisiana,  and  "eb- 
tablistied  himself  in  the  practice  of  the  law  in  the  western  part  of  the 
State.    The  l^est  evidence  of  the  rapidity  whh  which  lie  established  himi  ■ 
self  in  popuhir  favor  and  consideration  in  a  land  of-stfaiijferk,  was  his  . 
election  Hi  1811,  as  a  member  of  the  convention  for  framing^e  Constitu- 
tion  of  the  State.    He  was  intimately  acquainted  with  the  Rqman,  French 
and  Spanish- law,  and  recurred  v/ith  familiarity  to  the  original  sources  of 
^  information  in  those  languages.  «  ;  - 

Alexander  Porter  was  one  of  the  most  distinguished  ornaments  of  til 
an  eloquent  j^vocate,  and  an  upright  judge!    His  e.vtQiVsive^Hd.i 
reaaing,  liig  gre&t  colloquial  powers,  ready  wit  and  social  di.sposition; 
.him  to  ap«ftr|o  advantage  in  the  most  brilliant  and  refined  society 
^  temperam*Jt(Hf»  ardent^and  he  avjis  zealohs  in  liis  politicai^eed ;  b 

'^sreiHJes  to  uffeei  his  relations  ' 


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had  left  Nashville  to  acqujre  roii . 

^.^^IJftraer  place  gave  him  a  pubKp* 
i^the  follovi^ing  extract^,  by  w 
too  modest  ajidytimid  scholars: 

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S"'^        WILLIAM  iROWN. 


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"  I  remember  well,  gentlemen,  the  f  ime,  the  dausn  iht  incidents  of  the 

'       S°Z;if;,  l^M*^'  "^'*"  -^^  ^"^t^'"^'  ^R^  •'»•««'  mffir  on  Kd  of  a  flat  boat 
..^^..tJfcMcend  the  river*  m  the  hope  of  bettering  mJTfortnne.    f  -was  irotmff.  I 

^f0^^T^S^l?^^",'\^-!''''^^'\ '*".''  ^  ^«''  '"^v^'S  fril«ds  that  I  loved  I  was 
•!nP^  -  poor  a  ulTBad  ya  to  try  whether  I  coul.l  8uc(?eedV  tlie  profrssiou  which 
1  had  choseii  I  well  remember  how  httle  I  heeded  the  movement^  of  he 
boat  as  she  sioxvly.  receded  from  a  spo^nsecrked  to  me  by  soTnahy 
afTections.  ^  Sn.h  was  the  state  of  my  felings-lich  the  mis-lviiiffs  that 
Khlni""-  "'""^  that^othin^.  bnt  a  fear "ocJt  ridicule  ^.^ILKonld 
attach  to  my  irre^johition,  prevented  me  "from  getting  on  shore  at  the  lirst 
convenient  opportunity,  and  returning  to  spend  my  life  ther?'^  ' 

wr"?,f  ,  ?"^'  never  forgot  the  scenes  of  his  youth ;  he  was' very  charita- 
HisVml  en KnT I °  '^^  ^'°°'^'.  '?■  "^'^  *''^  di^treied,  tocomfort  the  mourner. 
«i«  o  colloquial  powers,  ability  as  a  debat^-femild  and  conrteons  man- 
Ht«  .;rirr"'"T-''  *^*^*'  ?■'•''•''"'  rendered  hiV  a  favorite  in  the  Senate. 
AnU.r^.Z\  ''}''T''  "" .''''"  ^°  '''^  '^'^^^  possessions,  and  forty  thousand 
h«  ..  f  ^«Mneathed  to  other  retons.  I  believe  that  he  died  Childless. 
It  IS  to  bo  regretted  tliat-whrfeTne  Bi "  "  " 
as  to  drive  thousands  jQ|wheir  be«t  citizt 
found  m  the  United  St^^so  pr*j|idiced 
Porter  should  be  treated  as  alien*  The  f 
of  Sir  Robert  Feel,  delivered  in,the  Ht^isfe^ 
1830,  will  show  how  much  more  correctly  th< 
the  worth  of^  Irishmen,  although  he  has  fools 
like  ourselves.  «• 

if  'fhlVrf'^'i  f''T'.'y,^'\9''^  H  office  an'a  p(HPer  he  Ji^ohcc  enjoyed, 
if  the  presen  fwhig]  Mim0y,  i^ore  tha.i  the  last,  coulJ^ire  the  decla- 
rauoi^f  Parliament  that  England  and  Ireland  should  .slSiheir  fortunes 
i^Uthl®'  ^"r  '^/^*^  was  unavoidable,  that  thejr  would  fight  united 
togeth^  and  by  their  union  attain  that  triumphant,  success  whieh  they 
Tr^r!r  tii  ^^i  ^^  *'"^^X  '^  ^''"J"  ^^■*""«  ^''^Jded.  Hc  hoped,  top,  that  out  of 
rr?r«  %Pfoi''e,^^:oi"J  not  be  misled- by  the  declamation^f  tUiected  pa- 
iTf^v  ^..'•^•^'^^M^*'^?''^^'^^'"'^''*^"^'"^. of. Dublin  coWd  In-,  uiduced 
Sl.Sh^ii®r--T^"'^^  of-Belginra  .and  Paris, 'ihey  %\:buld\vell  consider 
wJi,pthef  t«r  had^ie  same  justifiable  cause  of  opposition  to  tiie  Goyem- 
A^entj.an^eveuA^ien  tjipy.ha^d  settled  tjiat  point,  he  trusted  that  they 


government  are  sp  unwise 

to  exile,  a  parry  ishbuld  be 

'ssire  that  men  l^c  Judge 

g  extract  from  a  speech 

immons,  in  De(*(5mber, 

statesman  estimated 

:ots  to  contend  with. 


J^Sf  H    rf-°    "^"^  'T^''*^-  ^•'^'l'''^'^"^  condition  of  those  countries  in 


if 


^dikt^u  .1    i- '«r'^."""s  "'«?  t"c-jjieftt;iii  conuiuon  oi  tnose  countries  in 

«^^«!l>^i'^'''''"\'1^?^''.'*-l?'*^"  place,  with  the  state  in  which  they 
.  .*^er«f^Q(ore  the  revoiir%]ds  had  taken  place."  - 


'*fi«» 


#-  .  4  -~- 


WILLIAM   BROWN, 


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A  ejBander,  father  of  William  arfd  James  Brown,  and  their  entcrprisin- 
brothers  was  a  native  of  th(-county  of  Antrim  in  Ireland,  wher^liis  eldeS 
son^Wi  bam  was  born,  at  Ballymena  The  family  were  for  some  time  ex- 
tensively engivaed  m  the  linen  trade  of  the  north;  and  it  is  said  that  the 
unsettled  comlitionof  ihe-bountry  previous  to  the  revolt  of  1798,  was  a 
leading  cause  ol  their  removal  to  Yorkshire  in  England  t^u^ml^  tlie  close, 
?1  h!^  century  Mr.  Brown  and  his  four  .^ns  cmjgrated  froKi  J->igland 
to„  BaltimoreMii  Maryland,  m  1800,  where  tJ^y  established  ameiOantile 
house  under  the  firm  ot  Alexander  Brown  ahd  Sons,  and  extended  the  sale  of 
^'^"'s'}-???P"»'»*=tiires  so  far,  that  it  was  considered  advisable  for  the  eldest 

n«o»,  Vyilham,  to  return  to  England  alid  establish  a  IiokCo  in  Liveriiool. 

-Iflig  4fi.duU  U1-180S,  after,  a  resi-deHw-t^etjghl  yeary  rn-thcrUniiua  Htfre^ 
and  Ills  fipm  have  for  the  last  twenty  years  be^nthe  mostcxtensiveeKport- 
ers  of  manufactured  goods  in  fhe  British  ei'npire.  The  other  brothors  ex- 
tended the  bnsiuess  to  New  Or|eans^^hiladelphia,  and  New  York.    In 


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*  incidents  of  the 
board  of  a  flat  boat 
e.  I -was  Noting,  I 
hat  I  loved.  I  was 
le  profession  which 
!  movements  of  tl^e 

0  me  by  so  many 
he  misgivings  that 
icule  which  wonld 

1  shore  at  the  lirst 
there."  ' 

i  was  very  charita- 
nifort  the  monrner. 
id  courteons  man- 
)rite  in  the  Senate, 
and  forty  tlionsand 
he  died  (Childless, 
ent  are  sp  muvise 
a  parry  (should  be 
at  men  llkfC  Jndgft 
let  from  a  speech 
)ns,  in  December, 
iteSman  estimated 
1  to  contend  \yith, 

^ncc  enjoyed, 
ire  the  decla- 
Iheir  fortunes 
ouTd  light  united 
ccess  wliieh  they 
d, toQ,  that  out  of 
)n/jof  lUi'ected  pa- 
eotild  l«!  induced 
mUruell  consider 
in  to  tlie  Goyem- 
trusted  that  they 
those  countries  in 
ite  hi  wliich  they 


their  enterprising 
,  wher^lii.s  eldest 
for  some  time  ex- 
t  is  said  that  the  - 
It  of  1798,  was  a 
t6\,VaF<.lf  tlie  cIosQi 
ited  frott»  J-iiglan 
;hcd  a  meiOatitile 
ctended  tlie  sale  of 
il)lo  ifor  tiie  eldest 
iifo  in  LiverjTpql. 

cxteii.«ive.export-S 
)thGrbrothors  ex- 
d  New  ¥orlv.    In 


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Liverpool  the  firm 


VWILLIAM  BROWN. 


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Brown ;  m  New  York,  Brown,  Brothers  tc 
Co.    The  youngest  brother  resides  jn  New  York,  the  eldest  at  Liverpool 
The  others  liave  recently  retired  from  trade. 

The  selling  of  American  produce  in  ifncland,  and  the  purchase  and  ex- 
portation of  British  manufactured  goods  for  the  American  markets,  was  the 
first  line  of  business.  This  was  soon  mingled  with  an  extensive  agency 
trade;  other  merchants  consigned  cargoes  of  goods  to  the  houses  of  Messrs.  ^ 
Brown  in  Liverpool  and  Baltimore,  from  England  and  from  America  respec- 
tively, and  drew  advances  of  money  upon  such  goods,  without  vvaitin'^  for 
the  ultimate  sales.  In  process  of  time,  says  theoLondon  Morning  Chroinclej 
the  commerce  between  Liverpool  aiurAmerica,  through  the  agency  tif  the'' 
Liverpool  house,  became  so  great,  or  rather,  it  should  be  safd,  the  com- 
merce of  England  with  the  four  quarters  of  the  globe  ran  so  mrieh  through 
the  agency  of  this  house,  thatthe  buying  and  .selling  of  gobds^  either  as 
principals  or  as  agents,  was.  in  a  great  measure,  departed  from,  and  the 
negotiation  of  bills,  or  rather  the  transferring  of  payments  from  one  country 
to  another  on  account  of  other  buyers  and  Wllers,  was  chiefly  attended  to. 

In  1836,  the  transactions  of  the  hou.«e  ot\W.  &  J.  Brown,  in  Liverpooli 
an;onnted  to  fifty  millions  of  dollars.    The  failure  of  nearly  one  thoii.sand 
banks  in  the  United  States,  in  1837,  to  redeem  their  notes  and  other  obliga- 
tions in  specie,  involved  and  seriously  injured  the  Messrs.  Brown.    Amerii 
can  commerce  ought  never  to  have  rested  on  such  a  fragile  fabric  as  the  in- 
numerable bank  note  factories  of  the  Union,  each  of  them  tempted  to  issue 
more  paper  than  its  managers  could  pay  ;  many,  i.f  not  most  of  them,  con-   " 
trolled  by  unprincipled  gamblers  and  .speculators,  without  any  real  restraint    ■ 
on  their  secret  operations,  hcfwevcr  dishonest;  few  of  their  managers  sub- 
ject to  any  piuiishmcnt,  however  criminal  tlieir  conduct  might  be;  no, 
check  or  regulator  exi.sting  whereby  their  solv^ency  could  be  tested  ;  nor 
any  bankrupt  law;  under  which  broken" and  fraudulent  establishments  could 
be  swept  out  of  existence  with  tlte  least  possible  loss  to  the  stockholders,    : 
and  equal  dividfends  to  creditors.  '    ' 

The  British  government  savv  that  the  fall  of  (he  Liverpool  Rothschild  would 

fid  nianniaerurers,  and  all  connected  wither 
if  tlie  United  Kingdom — the  Directors  of 
ithorized  Mr.  Brown  to  draw  from  the 
_      rec|nire,  to  the  extent  of  nine  and  a  half 
'Slim  he  borrowed  and  speedily  repaid,  and" 
his  personal  fortune  is  now  estimated  in  England  at  nine  or  ten  millions  of 
dollars,  although  as  to  that  nothing  certain  can  be  pSIitively  known.,80 
long  as  he  is  extensively  engaged  in  credit  transactions.     It  may  be  pre- 
sumed that  it  is  ample  as  his  wishes.      /  "     e 
Mr.  Brown  is  described  in  the  Mor7ii4g  Chronicle  as  being  "  a  liberal  in. 
general  politics,  but  moderate  in  his/opinions."     In  other  words,  he  is  a 
Whig— offering  a  decent,  friendly  opposition  to  a  few  of  Sir  Robert  Peel's 
views,  and  pressing  him  now  and  then  for  measures  calculated  to  place 
,-•     fewer  restraints-or  taxes  onl  the  foreign  trade  of  England.    He  opposed  the  *' 
I     Ea.stJndia.Copipaiw's  mon^opoly  of  the  China  trade,  and  assisted  in  pre-^ 
"♦  ]^eiuing  its  renewal,  and,  h(^  united  with  John  Gladstone  and  others  in  se- 
aring Mr.  .Canning's  and  Mr.  Huskissoii's  return  to  the  House  of  Commons 
^  Livei-pool,  chiefly  becausip  of  their  free-trade  principles. 

^nce  1837,  Mr.  Brown  has\confined  his  bu.siness  more  to  banking  thari 
■ibrraerry ;  and  after  forty-four  years  of  active  life  iis  a  merchant,  with  greaf 
and  iiivalnahle  experience  in  all  matters  relating  to  the  commerce  of  the 
United  States,  England,  and  the  world,  he  came  forward  in  May,  1844,  as 

rtietw+rirei 'wttdi-comatr 
in  1841  a  population  of  1,264,000  persons,  within  a  space  of  700  square 
miles;  includes  within  its  boundaries,  Liverpool,  Oldham,  Manchester, 
Salford,  Rochdale,  Bolton,  and  A^hton,  aqd  had  previously  been  represented 
in  Parliament  by  upholdeirs  of  tlie  coru-laws  and  landed  iudaopoly.    His 


involve  or  alFeot  the  merchr 
employed  by  them,  in  eve 
the  Bank  bf  England  me, 
bank  in  specie,  any  sum 
millions  of  dollars.    Half 


72 


WILUAM  BKOyrK, 


J 


■» 


opinions,  owing  to  his  position  and  the  positions  of  his  partners,  his  hich 
and  honorable  character,  extensive  transactions,  vast  power,  practical 
knowledi^e,  and  avowed  "  free  trade"  pritieiplef ,  ihnst  be  intercstinir  to  the 
people  <)t  Ameriba;  I,  therefor^,  state  his  opinions  f/ora  his  addresses  to 
the  freeholders,  delivered  a  few  days  before  the  electioni/rom  the  hustings 
at  Manchester  and  Newton.  ^ 

He  holieved  that  Sir  Robert  Peel  was  as  much  a  friend  to  free  trade  as 
himself,  and  would  support  him  in  so  far  as  he  carried  out  his  prihcinle  of 
buyius  111  the  cheapest  market,  and  sellinj?  in  the  dearest .  It  was  of  no 
importance  to  Enj.'land  whether;  of  the  52  f,'oycrnmeiUs  of  Enfope,  one 
take  the  surplus  products  of  our  industry  if  the  other  51  pay  us  for  them 
A  great  evidence  of  national  prosperity  would  be  that  the  iinpprts  of  Eu«r.' 
land  would  be  double  the  value  of  her  exports.    It  would  prove  that  her 
■  merchants  were  obtainiuK  a  profit  on  their  ventures.    He  had  i)aid  a  visit 
to  the  United  States  in  183S;  the  southern  planters  told  him  they  were  for 
free  trade  with  England,  beea^Jse  she  took  their  cotton  at  a  modnrate  rate 
of  duty ;   the  mannfaoturers  wanted  prohibitive  duties,  to  enable  their 
nation  to  become  powerful  like  Eugland-but  the  farmers  assured  him  that 
they  wanted^the  market  of  the  wprld  for  their  grain  and  provisions,  and  it 
depended  ou  English  legislation  Avhether  they  went  for  her  or  against  her 
as  to  trade.    He  vvas  an  economist  at  heart,  but  wisiicd  England  to  remaiti 
a  first  rate  power;  to  accomplish  which,  Jie  desired  the  removal  of  all 
protective  and  all  coinitervaiHng  duties  and  bounties.    The  duties  which 
the  tinted  States  lay  upon  our  (BritiMi)  exports  to  them,  average,  at  this 
time,  32i  per  cent. ;  the  duties  wliich  we  (the  English)  lav  npoii  our 
imports  Irom  thiem,  average  52j  jwr  cent.    But  if  we  exclude  from  tlie  list 
ot  imports,  cotton,  which  is  essential  to  our  manutiictures,  then  the  duties, 
which  wo  (the  English)  lay  upon  our  imports  from  the  United  States, 
amount  to  260  per  cent.     What,  friendly  feelinsrs  can  we  expect  from  a 
nation  to  whom  we  thus  act .'    He  tlioujjht  that  if  the  bill,  restricting  labor 
m  factories  to  ten  hours  a  day,  were  ])as.sed,  it  would  produce  better  prices 
for  goods  and  better  wages  to  workmen,  for  a^ime,  but  in  the  end  act  as  a 
bounty  to  rival  countries  to  increase  their  rnanufactnres^it  would  induce 
the  building  of  more  mills,  and  macliinery,  and  perhaps  the  market  now 
open  would  then  be  shut  to  our  industry,  bv  which,  also,  the  British 
operauve  might  suffer.*    He  was  a  member  of  the  church  of  En"-land,  but 
no  Inseyite     His  experience  in  the  United  States  induced  liim  to  think 
that  the  ballot  was  not  a  prptection  to  the  voter,  for  a  man's  opinions 
always  got  to  be  known.     He  was  opposed  to  war,  and  ^^•ould  bind  the 
nations  ui  tlie  boDd  ol  peace,  by  the  tie  of  mutual  benefits,  and  a  common 
interest.     The  I  nited  States  employ  nearly  a  million  of  men,  and  i)roduce  . 
to  the  extent  of  250  mjllions  of  dollars  value,  yearlv,  of  the  fabrics  which    ' 
Jinglaud  would  supply  them,  with  much  greater  mutual  advantage.     The    ' 
exports  from  Britain  to  the  United  States  have  receded,  in  Kilue,  from 
12  millions  sterling,  per  anniim,  to  about  half  that  amount.    Our  restrict  ive, 
anti-commercial  policy  has  compelled  the  United  States  to  issue  hostile 
tariffs--it  has  built  np  their; mannfactures.    England  had  risen  in  spite  of 
restriction,  because  of  the  physical  energy  of  her  working  population,  her    . 
mnieral  wealth,  accumulated  capital,  enterprising  merchants,  and  the 
position  of  the  British  l.sland.s.    He  would  entirely  remove  the  duty  on 
foreign  gram,  to  aid  the  laboring  classes,,  who  were  incremsing  half  a 
million  a  year.    In  Ireland,  ini  some  parts,  the  laboring  people  are  obliged 
to  hve  for  weeks  together  on  buttermilk,  and  probably  on  potatoes  and 

South  Lancashire  ^being  the  mosr  populous  county  in  the  United  King. 


r.,„.!lnn]?L^  J  ^o  1^  We  \yorkin?  cl«ss  to  earn  cnoneh  to  support  the  Inndeil  nristorrscy,  anit 
J?n.h»r  ,™.^Vr^Ji  ir^i?"i  P""'«i?"?  '"  homo  tit  u  n.uch  hisher  prico  than  was  piid  by  the  like  class. 

SiSf  «rite?S^l!Sy '  **"*®.i'  ""fJ""*  S;"'"  "^  "'"*'"K  '"  fiictories.    fhn  remedy  was  free  conuuercr 


« 


>artners,  his  high 
|)ower,  practical 
Htere8tii)g  to  the 
liis  addresses  to 
roni  the  hustings 

to  free  trade  as 

t  his  priiicipie  of 
t..  It  Was  of  no 
of  Enfope,  one 
lay  ns  for  them, 
imports  of  Eng- 
1  prove  that  her 
had  paid  a  visit 
in  they  were  for 
a  mo«i9rate  rate 
to  enable  their 
issnrcd  him  that 
rovisions,  and  it 
■  or  against  her, 
gland  to  remain 
removal  of  all 
le  duties  which 
iverage,  at  this 
I  lay  upon  onr 
de  from  tlie  list 
then  the  duties. 
United  States, 
expect  from  a 
•estricting  labor 
;ce  better  prices 
he  end  act  as  a 
it  would  induce 
le  market  now 
Iso,  the  British 
of  England,  but 
d  liim  to  think 
man's  opinions 
uonld  bind  the 
and  a  common  . 
n,  and  jiroduce., 
3  fabrics  which 
Ivantage.    The    ' 
in  v^lue,  from 
Our  restrictive, 
:o  issue  hostile 
isen  in  spite  of 
population,  her 
lants,  and  the 
■e  the  duty  on 
reusing  half  a 
pie  are  obliged 
1  potatoes  and 

le  United  King* 


WILLIAM   BROWN. 


73. 


dom,  and  Mr.  Brown  at  the  head  of  its  commercial  men,  the  conteij;  ex- 
cited much  intciost,  iiiul  J^.o-f  I  yotfes  we?e' polled.  Mr.  William  Entwisle, 
the  caiulidiite  of  tiie  Conservatives  or  landed  interest,  a  retired  maiuiructu- 
rer,  whose  wealth  is  invested  in  laud,  r6e<l[ved  7571  votes,  among  tlienl60 
or  70  Church  of  England  clergymen  ;  while  Mr.  Brown  had  but  6973  votes, 
including  only  six  of  the  Church  parsons.  Public  o{)iuion  was  on  the  .side 
of  Mr.  Brown,  but  3600  tenants  at  will  had  to  vote  at  the  command  of  theit 
landlords,  and  thus  it  was  that  monopoly  triumphed  over  free  trade  in 
corn;  for  Mr.  Brown  was  pledged  to  vote  for  a  total  and  immediate  rotieal 
of  the  corn  monopoly,  arid  the  Eiirl  of  Derby  and  other  great  landed  propri- 
etors are  resolved  to  stand  out  for  high  rents,  it  is  a  truth  that  tenant 
fanners  who  have  votes  are  in  fact  compeHed  to  vote  for  whoever  their 
landlord  bids  them.  Mr.  Brown  and  Mr.  Cobden  mot  a  large  body  of 
voters  who  Kad  changed  from  Tory  to  Whig,  and  back  again  to  Tory, 
within  three  elections,  the  estate  they  liyed  on  haying  tlirice  changed  hands 
in  that  time.  Twelve  persons  in  each  thousand  pf  the  people  of  South 
Lancashire  appear  to  have  had  the  privilege  of  voting  for  county  members ; 
and  of  these,  3600  had  to  vote  as  their  landlords  saw  fit  to  tlirecit. 

Napoleon,  whe^i  any  one  told  him  of  a  gre'at  man,  a  man  of  vast  supe- 
riority, usually  asked,  What  has  he  done?  What  has  this  Antrim  Presby- 
terian done  }  He  has  built  up  the  most  gigantic  comiherci&l  establishoient 
that  ever  existed  m  England,  and  has  hi  his  hands  about  one-sixth  of  the 
trade  between' the  dominions  of  Queen  Victoria  and  the  Unitfed  States.  He 
stands  as  it  were  on  the  shore  of  England,  a  representative  of  the  working, 
manufacturing  millions — an  agent  to  hand  over  tlie;  Atlantic  the  fabrics 
they  weave  to  clothe  the  inhabitants  of  America,  and  to  receive  from  them 
in  return  the  various  products  which  they  could  spare  and  Englishmen 
want.  His  wealth  far  surpasses^ that  of  the  most  powerful  of  England's 
nobles  in  the  days  before  commerce  gave  value  to  the  soil.  He  is  repre- 
sented on -every  ocean-^the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Oceans,  the  Baltic  and 
Mediterranean  Seas,  and  the  far  waters  that  wash  continental  Asia,  are 
highways  traversed  at  his  will ;  in  Birmingham'  and  Sheffield  tens  of  thou- 
sands of  mechanics  are  fulfilling  his  orders.  His  eflbrts  to  unshackle  conrj- 
merce,  and  oblige  the  monopolists  of  British  legislation  and  the  British  soil 
to  compete  with  the  farmers  of  America  and  the  world,  are  highly  praisel 
worthy  and  will  probably  soon  succeed.  4 

Mn  Brown's  family  consists  of  a  §Oli  and  daughter,  and  he  owns  a  large 
and  Valuable  estate  in  Yorkshire.      ;.  %  i 

To  that  class  of  our  citizens  who  have  joined  of  late  years  in  the  crusade, 
against  immigrants  bfecause  of  their  birthplace  pr  tlieir  religion,  an  atten-; 
tive  perusal  of  the  history  of  this  distinguished  Irishmian  may  be  of  advan-  i 
tage.  He  left  an  ill-governed  country  in  early  jife,  and  like  John  Jacob 
Astor  and  Stepheii  Girard,  both  of  whom  were  of,  foreign  birth,  his  intelli-  ^ 
gence,  integrity,  and  punctual  business  habits,  h^ye  seciired  for  hiia  the ' 
esteem  and  confidence  of  millions  of  his  fellow  men,  tq  whom  he  has' 
through  life  been  a  benefaptor  and  a  friend.  ' . 

His  brother,  resident  in  -New  York,  marfied,  first,  MisS  Louisa  Benedict, 
youngest  daughter  of  the;|lev.  Joel  Benedict,  of  Plaiufield,  "Connecticut. 
She  died  at  Lyons,  in  Fraiifee.  His  second  wife  was  Miss  Coe,  the  daughter 
of  a  clergyman  in  Troy.  His  etforts  to  remove  the  absurd  restrictions  on 
the  forwarding  Ofletters  by  the  mtiils  in  the  United  States,  by  introducing  a 
low  post-office  tariff  Sand  the  assessment  of  postage  by  weighti'  were  un- 
ceasing, and  contributed  materially  to  the  eve^itual  success  of  the  bill  of 
1845. He  was  Qp|)osed  to  the  annexation  of  Texas,  as  a  slave  state,  and 


ileil  nristorrncy,  nwA 
:iid  by  the  like  claSH 
tlie  Corii-Iiiiws  and 
'  was  Tree  conuuerccr 


officiafeJ  as  one  of  the  Vice  presidents  at  tlie  ^nti-i 
bernacle.  New  York. 


as  meeting  in  the  Ta- 


."K!u_ 


■si^t: 


•■if.-: 


74 


commodore'  SHAW. 


*?. 


If,'   ^ 


I"' 


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"!        '  /  COMMOiyoKE   SHAW.  "       ' 

■    ,  ;    ,  ■   •  ..-  .  ■■  ^-^  '  -.  ■  /-  ,.t>i  •-•       ■  ■•■,>, 

I'fincl  in  Graham's  IMagazin'e  tift„  account  of  .this  brave  Irishman,  by  J. 
•  Feniiimore  Cooper,  wllo  frankly  ackjiowledges.  that  there  was  a  short 
period  in  Avhich  the  "  nam6  and  services  "  of  John  Shaw,  "  stood  second  to 
none  on  the  list. of  gallant  seamen  with  which  the  present  navy  of  the  re-  r 
public  commenced jts  brilliant. career.*^ 

Commodore  Shaw's  family,  was  of ,  English  origin.  In  1690,  his  grand-" 
father,  ali  officer  in  KjJ|g  Willia'm's  army,  passed  into  Ireland  and  married 
there!  One  of,hi»  sons,  the  father  of  tlie  Commodore,  served  as  an  officer 
in  the  4th  regiment  of  horse,^  and  was  present  at  the  battle  of  Minden.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Barton,  of  Kii^Lenna,  and  their  gon  John  was  born  at 
Mount  IVIallick,  Queen's  County,  Ireland,  in  1773.'  In  1790,  John  sailed  for 
New  .York,  in  coranaiLy,.witn  an^  elder  brotheri^and  "during  the  ensuing 
seven  years  made  four  voyages  to  Canton.  When  only  25  yea* s  old  he 
was  raised  to  the  rank  of  Lieut^hant  in  the  tJ.  S.  NaVy,  and  obtained  the 
command  of  the  war  schooiw  Enterprize,  pierced  for  twelve  long  sixes,  • 
with  a  crew  of  76  men,  in  wmch  he  fought  hin3  or  ten  actions  w^h  sucr 
'cess  or  credit.  "Jn  one  sense,"  says  Mr.  Cooper",  "  she  was  more  useful 
than  any  other  craftuhat  ever  sailed  under  the  j^gi"  In  1800  his  iship  en- 
gaged and  captured  several  French- pritkteere,  and  great  nan^cal^skill  and 

.  courage  were  displayed.  He  took  the  'Seine,  4^uns,  |pr  miftir— the 
Citdyenne,  6  gups,  57  men — a.ljirge  three-masted  higger^ — L'Aigle,4^*gnns, 
78  iiien — Le  Flambeau,  12  guns  (heavier  met|d  than  the  Enterprize),  and 
110  men— ;the  Partline,  6  guns  and  40  men-^aiht  I,«^adaloup^ene,  7  guns 
and  45'men,  all  French  vessels^  He  had  not  be^ijtHfi|e  yeWs^Hi  the  Ame-' 
ricau  Navy,  and  in  six  moii|^hs  of  that  tim^  his.aKMLQ''  had  captured 

-eight  privateers  and  letters' of  jtnarque,  and  fough^SBH^pirited  actions. 

'Soon  after  the  peace. of  1801'he  lldd  a  lieutenant's  hal^Riy — only  $240  a 
year— and  married  Elizabeth  Palmer,  a  young-lady  of  the  Society  of'^Friends, 
m  Philadelphia.    He  waS'  twice  married.  ^, "       ~        , 

In  1806  he  was  ordered  to  irepair^to  New  Orleans,  to' construct  a  flotilla  • 
of  gu\iboats  for  the  .defence of  the  Mississippi.'    In  February,  1807,  he  ap- 
peared off  J«fatchez,  wi|li  a  flotilla,  mounting  gl  guns,  ahd  mannedjwith, 
448  men,  ready  for  Biirr'i  force,  which  dispersed.    In  1808,  he  took  cnirge' 
of  tiie  Navy  yard,  Norfolk,  having  beenKpiised4)y  JUr.  Jefferson  to  the  rank 

'  of  post-captain.     •  '    '•       ,"  *'    i    .j  •     ' 

In  1814'Capt.  S  took  ^mmand  of  the  squadron  lying  'uLHie  Thames, 
bet\^'een  NewLondSla  smH  Nqjwich,  which  consisted  of  th^Vni^d  States, 
44,  Macedonian,  38,  and  Hornet,  18.  In  1815,^6,  hei.v4*«or«bdWt  a  Isar 
hi  Command  of  the  Ahiencan  squadron  in  tbejtfumterranean.  He  re- 
4mtied  to  the  U.  S.  in  the  ConstellatiotuIkKeillutr.  18l7,  ^ud  vilited  his  ' 
family  after  an  absence  of  nearly  five  ygarsT,  '•  ,    ,      ^\,   * 

Commodore  Sha\«|Uiever  went  to  sea  agaia  in  comiriand^    He  was  puf 
m  charge  of.  the  BosToihJ^avy  y&F^,  then  of  Vhai  ^t  Chartejipn)  S.  C.    On 

■^he  17ili  of  Sept.,  1823,  afl;^e  ag6qf^  fifty,  he  died  at  PhilacKlphia,  where 

,hq  had  established/"  '  •        -  .^         .*. 

"  No'  man,"  says 
flag  inider  which  hi 
ble,  manly,  ju§t ;  hi 

^  of  fme  presence,",  ki] 
served  under  hinji'.";  ^ 


Shears  before.   ':\       «J^     ^ 

er,  "  wag  braver^  or  mauPWiling  to  serve  the 

His  chsfi^acter  was  ^ncere«  truthful,  honora- . 

r  ^rank  and  warm-hearted^    **  H^^^as  a  ms^n  ' 

w  otficers  w&re  m6te  ^elpye3*by  those  whd  ' 


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was  a  short 
tood  second  to 
avy  of  the  re- : 

90,  his  grand- •' 
[1  and  married 
1  as  an  ofRcer 
'  Minden.  He 
I  was  born  at 
[ohn  sailed  foi* 
J  the  ensuing 
yeafs  old  he 
i  obtained  the 
ve  long  sixes,  ° 
ions  wah  sucr 
s  more  useful 
0  his  ship  en- 
itipal^skill  and 
^  m^tr-the^ 
Ligle,4«'gnns, 
terpri'ze),  and 
ip^ene,  7  guns 
s^U  the  Ame-' 
had  captured 
irited  actions, 
—only  $240  a 
3ly  of'^Friends, 

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,  1807,  he  ap- 
mannedwith, 
le  toolt  cnirge 
m  to  the  rank 

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United  States, 
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■■*♦     '  REV.  JAMES  coiow' 


REV.  JAMj&S 


I  AM-indebto/I  to  a  memoir  in  rnanuscript,1(if^bV  this  intrepid  Irish  patriot  * 
?-!-  .r'*i  '■,'^'"'.  ^'■'':}]^'^^  Valentine  Derry,  of  tl^e  French  art^y,,  fpr  a  very  iir- 


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lerQ.stiiij^.slcctcli  ot^  iiis  brief  but  eve'iitful  careclr.  ^         *• ' 

^JWr.  Coi;,'ly  was  n  descendant  of  ancient  iHsh  tribes,' '' His  grandfather, 

toigi/,  invented  and  constructed  the  famous  boom  at  Fort  Culnlac  for'the 


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^;tto|l>^4e  of  Devry ;  and,  with  three  of  his  brpthers,  was  afterwards  kilfed  I 
at  the  bnttler  of  Kilci)mmaden,«otlierwise  c'alled  iVughtimTgallaritly  fighting 
iorlrelaud's  independence  at  the  head  of  hisl  regimfent,  .after  Luttttel  had 
betrayed  his  country. _His  mother's  father,  0"J)\)nnell,  Avith  sev^of  his  broa: 
thers,  were  .slaui  while  defending  the  bridge  atjthe\battlc  of  the  Bdyne',.The^ 


pbed,  that  the  badge  pf  foreign  servitude  he  would  never  wear. 

The  proDKrty  of^his  ancestors  was  wrested  from  therikJJy  thfe'^trangei^. 
aj(id  his  frfther  was  a  plain  farmer.*  Three  of  big  broth^.ancltoth  liis 
pjM-ents,  stirvived  his  untimely  end.  »  " 

.  fH«"^s  educated ^n  France,  at  the  College  of  Lonibard,  where  he  endea-  / 
vpred  to  effect  a  much  Heeded  refortn,  in  which  he  was  opposed  by  the^i 
Arclibishop  gf  Pans,  Wlio  had  hi,s  prisons  and  his  lcttre*de  cachet  in  thoSe 
days,  as  aLso^two  Irish  bishops;  but  success  attended  his  efforts  untir 
thjB  breakmg  out  of  the  French  revoliltion,  when  he  nari-owly  escaped  thaW 
lantfcrn.^flew  to  Di^pe  in  1789,  reached  Armagh,  and  frnjlSd  the  people  in 
tffie  midst  of  a,  ciVd  Avar— religion  being  the  pretext,  Shd  many  lea<ttn2 
g6iitlerhen.eilcouraguig  the  Catholics  and  Presbyterians  *o  qii'arrel,  to  serVe  ' 
a  pohtioal  purpose  ;.{^  we  see  in  Philaldelphia  and  NevrTortcnt  the  present " 
day,  the  Catholics  persecuted  as  a  body,  and,  proscribfcd  by  those  who  have 
an  object  to  gain  by  bringing  religtbn  into  contempt,  llirough  the  intolerance 
'of  Its  preteiid^l^riends.  •         ..         „  V  -  .    '-  .    "^ 

*    The  CtUlupViPhailed  the  arriva\  of  Lord  Fitzwilliak  ui  Ireltmd,  as  Lord     , 
Lieutenant,  b#.t  were  deceived  as  to  his  principles  jjnd  intentions.    Fratt,  • 
Marquis  Camden,  his  successor,  and  the  Irish  Council,  agreed  to  light  again  '    ' 

*■  the  torch  of  fanaticism,-  Mr.  Coigly's  couniV  (Armagh)  was  chosen  bV  these « 
conspirators  a^inst  God  and  their  country  as  the  scene  of  t+ieir'earller  dpe-^  ■> 

»  rations, Ijecause  the  Church  of  England  u'^as  stronger,  and  the  CathoUc8^> 
.weaker  there  than  in  any  other  i)art  of  Ireland^    A  phurcli  and  king- mob  ' 

.'WAS  raised,  PliHtidelphia  fashion,  but  wirfi  the  e.xectufve  at  their  bach ;   "^ 
and  after  taking  an  oath  to  extiriiate  tlil  Cathqlics,  they  robbed,  burnt,  and  ' 
destroyed  wholesale,  called  themselves  Oran'gemeu,  and  w^a  nrotected  by 
the  Iwsh  attorneir-general..   In  179G,  these  riifliiins  att^clf^Mr.  iCoigl^ '."^ 
father's  house,  his  parents  being  then  over  70  ye^irs  of  age,  fired  over  one 

..^hundred  .«:Iiot.'^ into  the  house,  sJigliUy  wounded  his  father,  an(Ldfrecti«»g 

.  their  blunderbussBii  ab  his  heacU^tlireatfined  him  with  instant  death  uul^s  ' 
->   he  abjured  his.  c«urch  a»d<adopt*d  theirs.    Afte»  seizing  his  plate,  cash, 

"  clol^ung.bedHingllinen,  antl  other  mpveffble-s  and  tfestroying  th'e  Kev  J    ' 
C^'M  valiiahre  library  of  Frenclj,  English,  Latgi,  and  Greet;  .'aMthors,  wifii 
liianj  nrteiostu^g  manuscriptsyKthey  procceiled  to  his  eldpj brot"lrcVs.Aouse ; 

.arvlS^ho  was  e^^lensively  engaged  iiitli^iuen-uianiifacture,  they  did  hhn 
mudKijjury.  .  i'Jiis  Prote^ai^t  inob,)urged  on  by  iiolifieal  kiiaves,jis  sinu- 

.  lar  iflfhs  are  cifcouraged  heie,  droi/e  four  hundre'3  fmnilies"6ut  of  Armagh, 
robbedr-raviahcdT  mHrdorad,  and  maimed  iiHtny  moi^odF  the  old  Iri?«h,  and       v^'- 


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/  ,far  exceeded  the  worst  "exoesses  under  the  yoke  of  Robespierre.    JVlr.  Mac 
,  Veagh,  a^ioo'r  maa  in  the  barqny  of  O'Neiland  East,  had  a  lovely  anil.vir-  , 
tuouswife.    The  church- aiftl  king  mob  attached  his  house;  tlestroyed  his'  t 
little  property,  and,  shocking  to  relate,  tied  him  up  tightly  vVith-ropes  (ho  "^ 
beggui^  thqLt  they  would  take  hi^  life),  while  font  of  the  hellish  myriilidons" 
^-^afV'r'-^    •-.     *'-    '  '    '-    .  i-'-'^^'v-:^;^    ■■■■     '''    *     '^   '         ..-■■•t',  ,.'.,■    :•;';- 

■'.'-■■  ■  ;  ■' .        I    ■"■;..'.     •  *■  A  f  w^       .  .  ^^-'   '■■     '  ^         ¥*     m.  i'-    ''  ■  '   i   .'.   '  -.    '■   - 

,  ...  )  .        IK .   .       ,■■  \  ,■  ■    ■  ^      ^-    I  '  .  f         I*  /  . «  ,"■'-.- 

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RSV.  JAMES  COIGtr. 


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of  faction  dishonored  the  mother  of  his  infants  in  hfs  presence.  Mr.  (\)itjly 
etigaged  Counsellor  Leonard  MacNally,  since  fonnd  to  h»ve  been  in  The 
pay  of  England,  to  prosecnte  the  authqE^s  of  tliese  ontrages;  biiftlicGo- 
'vernmeut  officials  tliwarted  all  his  efforLs,  and  Lord  Castler^agh,  Marcus 
Beresford,- and  Nicholas  Price  marked  him  (Cdigly)  out  as  an  object  of  their 
vengeance.  '  ^  '     -  ° 

It  is  Mr.  Coigly's  opinion  that,  under  tlie  old  pretence  of*  zojjl  against 
popery,  not  one  Catholic  family  wonkl  have-l/ccn  left  in  the  nine  couiities' 
of  Ulster,  had  not  the  humane  Quakers  aiitl  Dissenters,  often  at  the  ri.'ik  of 
their  hves  and  property,  afforded  them  timely  aitl  and„protectio!).„, 

He  was  not  a  friend  to  the  French  revolution  at  the  time  he  had  to  leave  - 
Pari.s  in  1789  ;  but  it  is  probaWo  that  the  course  taken  by  the  En!>Ii.<h  au- 
thorities lessened  his  objections  to  it.     The  h-ish  government  ordered  hi*  • 
arrest ;  he  had  warninjf,  and  left  Dundalk  for  Paris,  via  tondon,  liwmen, 
Amsterdajn,  &e.     In  East  Frieslahrd.he  narrowly  escap(gd  assas.shiation, 
was  arrested  in  the  Dutch  territory  as  an  English  spy,  but  fieleased.     From  .. 
Paris  he  returned  to  Loudon,  where  Dntton  the  informer  tried  to  arrest  him, . 

J,  although  he  (Coigly)  had  previously  saved  him  from  the  gallows. 

Mr.  Coigly  fcomplains  that  while^in  prison,  a  Mr.  Griffiths,  a  "pretended 
messenger  of  God,"  a  Catholic  priest,  but  ho  Irishman,  remained  nine  days 
wifli  him,  exertimg  him.self  to  the  utmost  to  induce  him  to  turn  informer. 

>-  and  make  important  dis'coveries.  .  Though  a  Catholic  priest  hiniself,  he ' 
hesitates  not  to  denohuce  this'person  and  all  like  him Avho  pro.stitme  re- 
ligion to  bad  purposes.    Wolfe  Tone,  in  his  meni>^irs,.-:Si£kji# ll^t  the  Catlip-r 
lie  clergy  and  leaders  in  1798,  were- not  so  fond  of  ^legislative  refariii*a^j . 
desirous  of  a  mono|)oly  for  thoir  church.'    If  this"  M'as  so  witli  some,  Coigly  ' 
was  guiltless,  btit  th(j  apprehension' of  such  a  change  may  have  added 
some   really  honest   men  , to   the  Orange  Iq^ions.      The  villain  GrifMls-. 
was  selected  to  attend  Coigly,  by  Dr.  DpHglas,  a  Catholic  bishop  in-Lon- 
don,  and  tiie  spiritual.aid  of  one  of  his  countrymen  whom  he  Jiud  Jiamed 
was  denied.  • 

.Father  Coigly  was  arrested  on  a  charge  of  high  ti-eas6?i,"  sent  to  Maid- 
stone jail,  ill  Kent,  examined  before  iVJr.  Win..  Pitt,  Lord  Grenville,  and  the- 
Privy  Council  in  London,  and.  there  told  by  the  Lord  Chancellor  of  Va\^- 
land,  that  if  he  wonid  return  exiilicit  answers  to  the.  questions  put  to  him, 
the  Council  would  at  any  time  meet  at  Ins  sunimons,  au4  personal  in- 
dulgence and  other  advantages  would  thence  accrue  to  liim.  When  tried  for  • 
his  life  at  Maidstone,  before  Mr.  Justice  Duller,  the  government  oau.scd'a 
mutitateil  coJ)y  of  his  secret,  examination  bejipie,  the  Privy  Council  Jo  be 
put  in-  evidence  against  him.  Frederick  Dflftoii;;of  Newry,  Wjis.aVit*^ 
ness  for  the  crown  oii  his  trial.  Richard  Smith  and  Henry'  Tomsett 
swore  that  a  paper  of  a  treasoiiable  nature  was  fouiu^  in  Fath(>r  Coi^Iy's 
great-coat  pocket.  Before  the  trial  they  proposed  ,tQ  abscond,  or  give 
evidence  in  his  favor,  if  pa.id  £600  each  !  In  his  lettei'  to  his  fiitjiid,  Capt. 
Derry,  wiitten  after  he  had  beeif  (^ndcmiiQd.td  die,  he  ayers  that  no  such 
paper  was  iii  his  pocket,  unless  tl^^j^itnesseshad  put  it  there';  and  men- 
tions that  .when  arrested  at  MargsSplie  called  for  a  magistrate,  and  iir- 
sisted  that  ail  his  pajiers  should  be  examined,  in  his  presence,  on  which 
twdSbfflceral  produced  handcuffs,  and  tpld  j^iim  they  would  put  them  or 
.himif  he  did  not  desist.  '  '      ' 

.When  before  the  Privy  .Coimoil,  Mr.  Pitt  asked  him,  and  urged  hijn  to 

'answer,  whether  he  was  a  member  of  the  Corresponding  Soriet)t,  or  con- 
nected with  the  Whig  Club,  or  .some  other  of  the  British  i)olitical  a.s.^ocia-  • 
lionei  or  the  bear.pr  of  any  political  mes.sage  to  Fnmce,  and  he  said  he 

■  wu»  am,  fepetiting  iHa-woftlat-.tm  tlit;  -scafruld-     Wliat  a  tcrriblB  cuuditiuit~ 
the  political  affairs  of  the  British  nation  must  have  been  in,  \vlien  reasQjls 
of  state^supesrceded  -justico  and  ccpjity,  ant|.  requir6(l  of  such  men    as  • 

;  Willipiri  Pitt  and  hU  colleagues  of  tjiat  day,  the  Judicial  miirder,  for  ftucU\ 

rlr"iui^ty  W«8»  of  th^^^dble  i^iud  truly  liberal  Coigly !    Does  hi8>  mutilntpd 


V 

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'vr  At 

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■:  •     w! 


;nce.  Mr.  Coifrly 
«ve  been  in  the 
ges;  but  •the  Go- 
tler^asb,  Marcus 
in  object  of  their 

!  of  zojfl  against 
;ie  nine  eonnties' 
en  at  the  risk  of 
tectio!)., ,,  '  ' 

5  he  had  to  leave  •- 
'  the  £ng!i.~ii  ;'iu- 
nent  ordered  hi*  i 
London,  liwnteu, 
^d  assassination, 
released.   ,  From  * 
ied  to  arrest  hirav. 
allows. 

IS,  a  "pretended' 
laiued  nine  days 
;o  turn  informer, 
riest  hiniself,  he ' 
ho  prostitute  re- 
U'  tbat  the  Cutjip-r ' 
ilative  refarrti*a^{.. 
ith  §offle,  Coif^Iy  ' 
nay  hnxe  added  ' 
villain  GrifMls^ 
3  bishop  in-Lon- 
ti  he  Jiud  named 

i?i,  sent  to  Maid- 
renville,  and  the- 
uicellor  of  En^- 
fions  put  to  him, 
in4  personal  jn- 
,  When  tried  Tor  • 
rnment  caused  *a 
y  Council  Jo  be 
vry,  Wjis.aVit* 
Henry  Tomsett 
Father  Coigly's 
bscond,  or  give  • 
his  fritjiid,  Capt. 
ers  tlia't  no  such 
there';  and  meu- 
gisy-ate,  and  in- 
seuce,  on  wUich 
Id  put  them  oa 

»d  urged  liiin  to 
Soriet)^  or  co'n- 
lolitical  as.^ocia-   • 
and  he  said  he 


RKV. 


JAAfES   CblGLT. 


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vrSfMr^r^"!"'''  ^u^°""°r'  fonnerlrhighsherifTof  Cork  County,  wastriefl. 
T  s    IS  ^^-  '■  «'^"»^«'^  ^J^^-^iff.  Lnne,  sw.ore  thai  aJett^^^kSl 
L  O'Cottor  °  ^^t'tj^'^:^  .^°.  Mr,  Cojgly.  vvas  in  ihe  WnS  'f  rffi  oL 
Down 


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T['d)lB  couditiun 
1,  ^vhen  roasQjls 
f  such  mctr  a>* 
nurder,  for  such 
IS  his-  mutilntpd 


Mr   0  Connor's  acqu,tta Uhe  government  had  him  instantly  Sfesid  S 
•  some  new  charge,  and  Jiad  Mr.  Coigly  been  declared  inSenrheaS 

^Sr^alirSfflS"'-  °-'  "  '"^'^  '»»»  ■"^- ■  He  r'j 

«,™  hu'^lIr'J'?  '"^  •■"'"",■ '"'"'  "'"''  ™  •'"<l  to  induce  Mr.'coislv  to 
Mve  his  life  and  acquire  a  fortune  as  a  government  informer  the  noble 
Irish  patriot,  ni  an  address  to  his  ooimtrymen,  tlius  spealcs  ■ 

-In the  ,ii,,i„s«„ce,  he  (F.a,her GrifflliifrSres  to' cSvith'J.?per'' 

Jiaih,  aa 

gentleman, 

forbfddfn^'h^fi^S^i^i.^t^'"^  ^J?  ^^^  me'wheu  hepiksgd,  and  siricdy  - 
iortiid(Hnghim  to  jiermit  any  other.priest  to , see  me  at  any  time  -  andfhl 

.Mr.  Coigly,  m  hV-M.S.  gfies  qn  to  state,  that  Griffiths  produced  to-  him" 

•     J^L^H  "P^K^'^p  -^^^  ^"^>  ^^^'^  =*  ^'«to'y  of  his  past  lifl?and  rfien  Sid 

tliem  m  the  thre^  M|ilgd<Jrtls,  atfd  would  spare  his  life,  nobly  rewa^hi^- 

SC"T  '^^%^'!^  r""'^  and^friends.  and  pm3  S  youS* 

'     W •  A*  ''**'"  M  ''^''f'^  "J^'*^  "™y'  'f  ^^  ^°^^^  disclose  what  he  VS~ 

"^"[^^^"^.^  "°*' '"«  f^™ly  would  be  harrassed.iiis  pkr6.S'di8trets^7 

SSffiS^  „f^''^  '"^'"^  ''J.^  Everest  4.uni*mentth;WE?efF\L^^ 
Gn^thsv  after  raan^.such  arguments,  t6td  him  that  if  he  wo'ttld  not  hilhrm 
agamst/bthSrs,  the  Catholic  bishop.a)r.  Douglas.  Would  nrplrS  1  m  to 
haye  th^  sacrament  of  his  church  nc*  thp  tendance  of  ^  StSc  Zest ' 
at  or  previous  to  hi»  execution.  "  '     ■      .  ^aiuwuc  gnesi 

^:        ; wiI''^^yi^^^'?  ^Sked  (contmuep  Mr.  c!  in  hi«  letter  to  CafiL^ Derry  of 

swe^t  as  to  my  fellow  prisoner,  Mi-..0'Comior.  &c.    After  Griffiths  iifcd  ' 
adduced  a  variety  of  aVguments;  texts  jc* "scripturg,  &c..  I  toldhirh  Sfat'  -   '   >' 

I  never  wguld  attempt  to  save  my  life  by%weaHng  agai.  st  Sy  S  bS  '  :       •  ' 

JS:*^''^.?"^"'^  ?"  and  confiding  i„  tfe  goodness  If  my  SawouS  '    • 
^«#i8e  the  sattehtes^f  despotism,  and'^heerfully  go  tb- Jeath  wrth  thS  ' 

>>-^fiminess  and  fortit^de^f  soul.Vhiph'  innocence,  purity  pf  cbnsciS  S 

a  good  Oause  never  faij  to  mspire."       -      ,     -/^      /^       "■'t.iwice,  ana  ,^    ^ 

1'      .,„^?1'"^''^"'^  '"^  catholic  countrymen,  he  adds-^«  My-brethreii.  it  iS  noi  '"       * 

"       Siffi^°'IT"''*°'?"S«dbyyourrehgioatoa,fs\ver8S^^^^  : :.  " 

V.  5?t),^?-.     "?'  discoveries •as.they  (tlie  clergy)  think  proper  t2  ?eS       *    ' 

,  ',^H  the  truth,  toyoiJr  God  alon?"x«"  "e  responsWiAiit  S 

a^!i:!- Pr^L";.^!->'"Pv--"o  Procfeds-witli  .Jch  C^^gKu^S^ 


V, 


>  .'fl 


hffllta  of  his.  diity,^d^|wrv«ft»tt8rl«f  aa^t  iti 


.».■;'. 


.  '   ^i°*'^'?l'^■loo^t"•^<;®■.^?j"'8tferia^J)u  entirlly  to  de-stroy  the 

most  endeawng  ties  bQthof  com&  and  religion.''     ■'-,       ■  >  :  ^" 

. ;  .     ndtof!lS"ii  f^  ^'^^^f'^^,  thesT.skejches  of  ibph  pharj^cte^  hoiiors  aiJd  . 


»: 


78 


jjMtSi  oiAott. 


\^' 


n>  : 


'«• 


'ii 


tyrs  for  tneir  cree.d  and  country  in  the  memorable  l't98,  he  fran^)^  owns^:. 
^  hi9  abhorrence  of  .the  conduct  of  such  state-toorls  as  the  late  Bishop  M&c* 
donell  of  Upper  Canada,  Bishop  t^ftij^e  of  Montreal,  Bishop  Douglas,  and 
all  pensioned  hirelings,  wl^ther  of  monarchical  or  republican  power,  who 
.  have  prostituted  the  religion  bf  Christ  to  sucli  purposes  as  the  good  Father 
Coigly,  in  his  celU  and  about  lo  appear  ^  the  bar  of  Omnipotence,  so  un- 
'equivocally  condemns.    "  Return-to  youtbishop  (said  Coigly  to  Griffith^, 
and  tell  himifrom'me,  to  send  jne  a.priest  unlimited  as  to  spiritual  author- 
ity and  understanding,  otherwise  to  send  none  at  all— as  I  most  earnestly 
request,  and  that  for  the  sake  <Jf  my  Kede'emer,  that  my  last  moments  may> 
"  .not  be  embittered. by  aur^uments  founded  on  bigotry  and  prejudice." 

The  Bishop's  agent,  or  rather,  the  agent  of  tfeie  English  government,  next 
endSavojed  to  induce  him  to  say  that  yhich  would  criminate  my  friepd,„_ 
the  late  Benjamin  Pembenon  Binns,  of  Philadelptiia,  Of  whom  a  brief  notice 
appears  in  this  volume — but  he  woi^d  not— on  which  Griffiths  replied  very 
'  signifiicahtly  that  he  w.a8  neMier  empowered  to  prohiise  him  a  reprieve*: 
Bor  a  respite,  .bat  urged  him  to  be  silent  at  the^pface  of  execution     Griffiths 
ftir^h'er  excused  .his  ourn  ^conduct  towards  Father  Coigly,  by  affirming  that  ^ 
his  was  ^  the  general  practicd  of  the  catholiq  clergy  ftf  Ehglandf 
i  This  pious  christian  minister  was  then  removed  t^acell  with  Iwo  doors, 
*even  locks,- six  bojts,  and'  a  double-|;rated  window  which  adniitted  very 
.little,  lightVthe  same  in  which the  bold  Scotchman," Parker,  who  headed, 
the  insurrection  in  the  liavy,  had  beer^  tormehted:-   He  earnestly  Wked  to 
see  his  friend  Capt  Pehy:r.rbut  the  *  govet^menl  which  boasted  of  its  hu- 
manity, add  of  English  liberality  ahd,chrilization,mbre  brutal  and  savage 
-  *^  than  the  negro  or  Indian;  or  terrihedinto  a.s6rie^  of  acts  of  cruelty  which., 
\  -,;the  impartial  liistoriau  never  can'' defend,, very,  peremptorily  refused  his. 
■4    request.  >  "  '     '  .     T  '        "  '     '      ♦« 

^ ,       Dr.  Madden  js  mistaken,  where  he  says  in  his  life  of  Emniet,  that  H  was  ' 
..     Alderman  John  Binns  Of  Philadefphia,  who  wfis  tried"  with*  Coigly,  and 
O'Connor.    It  was  his  brother  Benjamin,  vtho  wrote  ipein  1M9,  that  he  , 
suffered  three  years  of  solitary  continiement,  in  England, '\vithout  the  use 
of  books,  pens,  ink  or  paper,  land  was  refused  a  trial  because  tfiey  had  no 
evildence  x>n  which  to  convict  him.    How  like  Hoyt  and  Butler's  conduct 
with  "the  French  Housa^NeW  York<  which  they  so  dreadfully  harrassed !  . 
m'  Thank  Heaven,  opprM^tk  ^nnot.now  be  carried  to  the  QXteift  de.scribed 
'     above,  eitner  in  England  <M^ America,  except  i^erhaps  ih  colonies  like 
^     Canada,  Jamaica,  or  Newf(Widland  >  v 

I  am  indebted  to  a  letter  Ann  his  companion,, fit  P.  Binns,  for  an  accoiini 

.of  the  Rev.  Mr  Cdigly's  dea^h!    He  was  drawn  to  the  place  of  ex^ciuion 

on  Pennington  Heath,  on  the  JTtJ^  of  June,  1798,  andon'hisjourney  from  the 

Krisoii  at  Maidstone,  readl||0me  Latin  .and  English  prayers,  knelt  on  the    . 
urd^e  and^sung  a  psalm.  Griffiths  the  priest  attended  him  on  the  scaffpld, 
"  aiM  at  length  gavn  him  what  the  Catholics  call  Absolution.     Having  as- 
<      cendM  the  fatal  ladder,  he  spoke  to  the  people  for  half  an  hour,  declariilig 
^     Aat  his  life  had  beetJ  sacrificed  by  ^rjured  witiiesses.    His  language  and 
manner  were  Jcind  and  affi^ctioRate,  insomuch,  that  tlie  auditors  and  even  .< 
,the  "albldi^rs  on  duty  shed  tbars."    After  being  strahgled,  he  was- beheaded  ... 
.  Jw'hileyel  alive,  aad,,hia'hl!aift«takjBn  out.        ..        '"  "  v 

The  following  truly  liWPB  and  catholic  address  of  the  noble  Irish  mftrtyr, 

^4^  W  the  l'e(l|jleaf  Ireland,»^<a8  written  oft  Tneadttv,  Alay2f>th,  1798,  ten  days 

',       before  he  perished  qo  the  spalTold';  af^er  wl&n  •  his  K(i»ly  w.is  mutilated 

alM  ttur9\Vn  into  a  shell,  witli  quickUme,  j&nd  buried  ^i  tine  fo^t  of  the^gai-l 

loVt>1t,  iri  MiydMone,  itent,  E|gl%pd. -■^       ,-      "  .  ,      ^^^-4--,}^'         ?    ..g' 


''\ 


I  '■ 
t 


te  Bishop  Mfcc- 
p  Douglas,  ^nd 
an  power,  who 
he  good  Father 
potence,  so  un-  ' 
gly  to  Griffith^ 
piritual  author- 
most  earnestly 
I  moments  may* 
sjudice."  'l^ 

iveniment,  next 
late  my  friepd, 
m  a  brief  notice 
ths  replied  very 
him  a  reprieve  '  •'' 
ition  Griffiths 
Y  affirming  that  ^  ' " 
landr  '  ■■ 

ivith  two  doors, 
adniitted  very    ' 
!r,  who  headed, 
nestly  3sk6d  to 
isted  of  its  hu- 
ital  and  savage<    n  , 
f  cruelty  which  . 
ily  refused  his 

net,  that  rt  was  ' 
ith"  Coigly,  and 
n  1^9,  that  he 
I'ithout  the  use 
ise  ^ey  had  no 
Jiitler's  conduct 
ully  harrassed ! 
Xtertt  described 
1  colonies  like 

,  for  an  accoiiii: 
!e  of  execution 
mrney  from  the  ; 
a,  knelt  on  the 
on  the  scafTpld, 
m.  Haviwg  as- 
honr,  declaring 
8  language  and 
Jitors  and  even  ' 
was- beheaded  > 

•le  Irish  martyr, 

,  1798,-teirdtiys 

was  mutilated 

(091  of  the"|[tti-l 


^VV.  iAMES  COICLT. 


79 


S?S?;SMo.Cj'Sof';tt  ;»  i.,.hen,in  .he  name 

break  tile  loleinn  engagements  Tunim,Fri^XhftTn'/n    IT^-""'", >""''  »"".  "«*«'  '» 
gloripusly  entered  MowTihyJrbr^Zn/fZl:l^^  ^^^"«''  y"  »"^''« 

Seariienruot  to  the  SY<^^J^rJ"itZt^n  f^  f'^'us  persuwrion.    No,  my  brethren  f 
specious  mark  they  affi  ^o^lh^    e"a?a' infl.fe'nf^^^        f  Ir?iand,  ^.dc'r  wbateWr 
'received  his  insthjctions  at  thc^rUe  or^nWir   n^u  r y?"'.«h*«»'.  who  having  sectetly     • 
4ctters,  talsehopds  littte  short  of  Khfiii.ri?        'li^  "'^  '?"*'  "*  *"*  Mandates  or  pastoral    ^ 

^the  name  «r^d-wtetheriw  a  cofat^vn^^r  It     '**'.'?  °''^V  '""V^  "I'*'"  >«"  «>  « 
uities of  somnieichborta"  Mt^v?S'W.V  *^*  *??  ""'. ?"'"^'"' '"  ■**'«'  the  importu- 

a.£'S  ™»'°„,SS;,  ^°3iSii?i''  sr*,.""'  ?""?!»• '  •*"  <"■«>  •>»»•■  *■ 


-j.ii_ 


•  "•  • 


'.    you»bavel}ieea 

j0dr  ofVtlie-M.  » 

wn|j|t«a4|i«Uyat- 


m  Orr  sealed  wUh^iTb,;^,  aw'Xch^ we  CaZS«  SX..&  ^'*"*  '*"' '?" 

I  hope,  I  trost,  I  believe  that  we  sfaaU  aJIroeet  tmrether  wHptp  «««h.ii  k.»-  i-., 
How  fgnoramthea,  or  how  wicked,  m,«t1^  maX,  wK^mpfjS^^ 

flOt  ptjbliflhed  this  fefcetc1»  of  a  good  man's  life,  witly^  the  Vie\v  "to 
IPeople  n»  Amenca  agiiinstthe  Jln^tish. g<*«.ernment  ,^  dur  ^^1^ 
-..r-d*^ ^/''^■l  ^H?^  "'^'"^  o"  a  revolt  In  Cpnfcda.  fend  committed 
npts  of  grei,t  and  verlKwairton  C^ty  upon  iW  ft^es  ftiid  nroSeSes  of  ' 
man^whom  the.rj,<5kno«M'T«dgedmyf,ltefuid  driven  ime  armenSuoS 
iL*?a''  '°^}fHl^'iniel^ho\y  results  of  imperfect  uSuKignS' 
dkSurflS'^'":'  '^M  \f  '^'^  bjf  examples,  how  n^oessa^rit  ikS     ' 
all-ourtioDulationshould  be  educated  tborofighlyand  virtuouslj?.    Y  fear 
"^"H^ffP'd  "npf dp ,tfm  yjogrpf B  nf  fiiimnti,  improvoiiiuMfc  mi<l 


':''?:  J." 


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bayonet 

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m..icllopte.  ^dveut«Siji^  and  t6«  nfew.  that  m  the  •* 


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V 


80 


HKXRT   FLOOD. 


HENRY   FLOOl 


This  extraordiRar^Tii^,  the  great  rival  of  Grattaii,  flourished  in  the  most 
btriUiant  era  of  Tn^h  history;  was  a  son  of  Wdrden  Flood,  the  Lord-Chief- 
Justice,  and  bohVin  Ireland  in  1732.  He  was  educated  lor  a  lawyer,  but 
passed  his  life  in.  the  midst  of  fierce  political  agitation,  and  died  in  hi.s 
sixtiet^i  year,  in  1791.  i3[|:Tlood  possessed  a  clear  intellect,  a  cultivated 
understanding,  with  imf^ifeionedt  eloquence,  and  was  ever  anxious  to 
increase  the  prosperityijof  his  countty,  secure  its  independence,  and  inj^ove 
its  political  coiistitution.  He  left  his  great  property  to  the  University  of 
Dubkn,  to  ri)!|jiuaiii  a  professership  in  the  native. Erse  or  Irish^  %nd  for 


premiums  f^r  tj^mpositions  on  the  literature 
set  aside.    Like  most  Irish  gentlemen  of  his  d 


rf. 


Ireland,  but  the 
he  was  a  dnelli 


;«wll  was 
it,  and  in 


a  sectwid  duel  with  one  of  the  Agars,  shot  him  through  the  heart. 
•  Peter  Burroughs,  who  had  the  best  means  of  knowiqg  Mr.  Flood'^ 
character,  and  was  a  good  judge,  describes  him  as  "  the  ablest  man  Ireland 
ever  produced — indisputably  the  ablest  man  of  his  own  tirnes."  The 
younger  Grattan  tells  xis  that  he  was  a  capital  tragedian-,  and  made  for 
phblic  life.  His  acceptance  of  the  office  of  Vice  treasurer  of  Ireland  greatly 
injured  Tiis  influence.    THe  salary  was^'^l 5,000  a  year.  /  » 

The  younger  Grattan  also  says  ofAFlood,  that  his  father,  was  very 
intimate  with  him  in  early  life ;  that  Flood  enjoyed  from  Wis  youth  van 
in^epeuilent  fortune— $20,000  a  year ;  that  he  was  mdustrioufB/ an  excellent 
classical  scholar,  wrote  poetry  with  much  taste,  translated  two'  books  of  • 
HomeFi  and  the  finest  speeches  of  Demo.stheues,  studied  Cicero,  and 
repeated,  with  taste  and  feelmg,  his  finest  pai^sages  by  hear|';  that  he  w-as 
the  first  man  who  gave  a  spirit  and  a  tone  to  Irish  liberty  ;  and  that  hi.s 
convivial  habits  rendered  him  very  populak     He  took  offic^  in  1775,  under 
a  profligate  lord-lieutenant;  countenanced  the  address  of  October  tlie  16th, 
and  the  vote  to*  send  4,000  Irishmen  in  Noyemher,  that  yeari  to  fight  against 
America— "  armed  negotiators,"  ^  he  .'(Flood)  called  tnem.     But  thi.s 
measure  was  most  forninate  for  the  Irish.i  and  with  the  enthusiasm  felt  for 
the  Americans  throughout  Ireland  at  that  tirate,  proved  almost  equal  to  a 
reinforcement  on  behalf  of  democracy  to^  the  new  world.    It  gav«  birth  to 
the  Volunteers,  who  took  the  place  of  the  regular  army ;  ■wrhile,  of  the  Irish' 
who  crossed  the  A'tlantic,  many  joined  the  rebelg,  and  <)thers,  like  Lord 
Edward   Fitzgerald,  imbibed   t^ei'r  principles*  and   retutned  -to  Europe, 
prepared  for  revolutions.    Flood  saw  the  danger  Ireland  was  in  of  failingj  > 
tusleep  after  the  concessmis  of  Englcaid,  and  exerted  hin|self  to  the  very 
utmost  to  effect  that  reform  in  the  state  of  the  represeutatjon,  in  the  Honsw 
of  Co|nmons,  which  would  have  i)roved  a  barrier  to  thk  gross  venali^  ,- 
which  enabled  Pitt  and  C/astlereagh,  in  the  hour  of  daiJger^  to  carry  tim' 
Union.     He  failed.      Lord  Charleiuont,  well-rneaning,  but  \veak,  played 
unconsciously  into  the  hands  of  the  English  party.    The  volunteers  met, 
and  demanded  a  real  representation  of  the  Irish  people,  and  that  rotten 
boroughs  should  be  swept  off.     Mr.  Flood's  excellent^  plan  was  adopted 
in  convention — it  was  honest,  n'o^le;  just.    The  base  hirelings,  Fitzgii»bou 
and  Yelverton,  exerted  themselves  to  crush  a  measure  wjhich  would  have 
peacefully  secured  Irish  freetlom;  the  138  placenieu  votdd  on  the  wde  of 
their  bread  and  butter.     Conolly  and  tire  rest  of  thel  whigs  (always  < 
ireacherous  where  ^he  people  were  concerned)  gave  Floojd  no  support ;  93 
memberii  skulked,  and  the  noble  patriot  was  defeated,  158  to  49.     Mr. 


■^^" 


i  K, 


-    II 

0 

■    0 
la 

a 

*  S( 


.  (iruttan  voted  for  the  gch»mo  of  rsforni,  ii»<  look  ;  a  iicfit'j 


pnrt  to  seture  it. 


11 


""jp  . 


K, 


'•^     Mr.  Flood  was  the  great  rival  of  Henry  Grattan,  while  opposing  the 
.     oppressive  measures  of  England  for  the  subjugation  of  hui  country.    Flood 
I       "WM  RUperiAr  t6  Grattan  in  political  di.scernniciit,  more  rt publican,  and  far 
—    tesiK  fWendly  to  English  power.     He  pointed  \>nt  tfl|r  wcalii^efss  of  IreWndV- 
toiegaards,  as  oftered  by  England  w'hen  she  was  weak  i  m  1782T7Grattaa 


-^; 


i-H' 


led  in  the  most 
the  Lord-Chief- 
r  a  lawyer,  but 
ud  died  in  his 
ct,  9.  cultivated 
,er  anxious  to 
;e,  and  ini^ove 
e  University  of 
Irish,  and  for 


xmll  was 
it,  and  in 


nt  the 
duelli 
heart 
^g  MK  Flood's 
?st  man  Ireland 
1  tirries."  The 
ana  made  for 
Ireland  greatly 

ither,  was  very 
1  nis  youth  i-an 
us/ an  excellent 
d  two'  books  of  ■ 
3d  Cicero,  and 
r|';  that  he  w-as 
■y  ;  and  that  his 
^in  1775,  under 
ctober  tlie  10th, 
,  to  fight  against 
lem.  '  But  thi.s 
husiasm  felt  for 
Tiost  equal  to  a 

It  gavtj  birth  to 
tiile,  of  the  Irish- 
thers,  like  Lord 
led  -to  Europe, 
vas  in  of  falling 
self  to  tlie  very 
an,  in  the  Hoiis<» 
t  gross  venality 
fer^  to  carry  the 
It  \\eak,  played 

volunteers  met, 

and  that  rotten 
un  was  adopted 
ings,  Fitzgii)bou 
lich  would  have 
1  on  the  side  of 

whigs  (always- 
I  no  support ;  93 
158  to  49.     Mi-. 
lart  to  stciife  it. 


f: 


RtCHARD   KIRT^AN. 


l^- 


81 


ar^  the  majority  orthe  Irish  House  of  Commons  weUt  against  hirp.but' 
the  res  It  proved  that  he  was  right.    Had  his  counsel  beeirtakci?  the 

Zm  h^JZfV^''  'r '^  .^  '''^  ""^^^^  "°^  have  hap%ned-l7eB 

Mr  Pi^^    ^  *  retomed  parliament  and  been  truly  independent, 
assertor^fh^'jnr''^'':?"'  ^^^;;the  most  violent  and  Jmpas..ioned 
t^f  B  ^  1-  B       ^  independence."    He  was  at  the  same  time  a  member  of 

It  wS'te^r.1!''- J°I  ^r^ester,  and  of  the  Irish,  for  Kilbe|Sn 

batflP^  r.?lInH    *®V^^P!;'l'c"^'^'°?^**«3«*'^a"''iv«'«a^  of  the  fatal 

uf^  .u\  ?^^H^^u\'^^f^  **»®  Saxon  defeated  the  Gael,  and  tram-bled  on 

him.  that  the  Jrish  Lords  and  Commons  resolved  that  I  eland Ta  dtetincl 

?n  fcZ'*?M  P*ri'a"Le»tof  her  own,  the  sole  Legislature  thereofTand 

S»«  n     1  ^**  °/  K-*^,  ^?«  English  Parliament  admitted  that  EnglaUd  cou  d 

^nassno  law  to  bmd  Ireland,  without  her  cojisent.    This  wal  gained  by 

mJ'TT^^'  '^"^^^ribery  (as  in  Scotland)  changed  the  scene  in  S    ^ 

Messrs.  Fox  and  Pitt  deceived  Grattan  but  not  Flood.    That  great  chief- 

tam  savv  that  the  declaration  wrung  from  England's  aristocracy^Jas  only 

to  gam  tmie^o  betray  his  country.    The  feeling  in  England  was^ahvLT  o 

SJrT  *«-IV«h  and  Scotch.    "  To  whatever  Independence  IMlnrnr ' 

adtanee  her  clam  [said  the  London  Annual  Register  for  1790]  */«  is  in  realitt 

nothing  more  than  the  province  and  servant  of  England »  ,  * 

'f  "  js/ortunate  for  America  that  she  is  not  saddled  with  political  tests 

founded  on  sectarian  feelings  in  religian.     Our  statesmen  were  wisely 

S^IUtl  ^9^5*/"''"'-°""  "^  *h^^'^  '^^-    ^"  ^783,  the  Irish  Volunteers 

riS„i^  :if?*K°  "PuT^;*"^^  *^  Dungannon,  and  unanimously  and  firmly 

Twe^  inn  h«  If^  P«;;''^?»ent  must  be  refo»ned  and^orruption  putdowZ 

Twelve  -months  after.  Government  emissaries  had  intrediiced  the  ques- 

jonwhethfer  Catholics  shouldiiave  the  rights  pf  election,  and  tlJs  caTsed 

SSi?S-'°'ll?  '?,  ^t^V"  October,  when  the  Irish  National  Congress 

met.in  Dublin.  thi8„  Catholic,  question  weakened  them  much.    I^lood  took 

ti&  *'°"^^'  »"  /avor  of  Catholic  emancipation/and  ^(jual 


■4 


•It 


\ 


IICIIARD  KIR  Wan,  LL.D 


le  kindred  scien- 
his  Elements  of 
tlie  German  and 


Dr.  Kirwan  its  being 
and  noted  family  ia 
was  educated  at  St. 


This  distinguished  writer  on  geology,  chemistry,  and 

ees,  was  the- author  of  many  useful  works,  among  v  '  ' 

Mineralogy,  in  two  octavo  volumes,  were  translated 

other  languages. 
Lady  Morgan,  in  her  Book  of  the  Boudoir,  describe 
|at  Cfegg  Castle,  Galway,  the  descendant  of  an  anci 

Omnaught,  and  states  that'he  was  born  in  1734.    /x,c  «*«,  euucaien  at  01 

qmer^s,  m  France,  and  electfed  a  membeir  of  the  Rdyal  Societies  of  London 

agd  Edinburgh,  and  of  the  Academies  of  Stockhoton,  Upsal,  Jena,  Phihidel- 

P*'J»'  ?"f  Berlin ;  also  President  of  the  Royal  IHsh  Academy,  and  Dootor 
I  *7  ^\^*V^*w  ^^  the  University  of  Duljlin,  As  a/nemist,  for  many  years  he 
;  Jtood  afone ;  and  the  Government  made  him  In|ipector.gen«eal  of  the  Roval 

Mmes  in  Ireland.    His  Geological  Essays,  Analysis  of  Mineral  Water*. 

Logic,  or  an  Essay  on  Reason,  Metaphysical/Essays.  Esswr  on  Phlogiston. 

and  his  work  on  the  Temperature  of  Diffirent  Latitudes,  are  held  in  de- 

servbd  esteem.  '    / 

Dr.  Kirwan,  being  a  liberal  in  politics,  ^as  sworn  Wnft  nf  tha  "  TTnjt^d 


f  ,.-•• 


,-\ 


flgj 
Meii 


'^^^S^f^^'pfEuT^nOrmNe^SnevMa^aredSreS^S^ 
lie  as  a  leader.    Hia  death  took  place  iivLondoa  ia  1812. 


le  opposing  the 
country.  Flood 
publican,  and  far 
nef=s  of  IreWnd's 
in  1782— Grattau 


i 


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''A 


/■■■ 


•2 


J.  ANB  T.  HCAKn — HCNKT,  RICHARD  AND  MA«U  KDGRWORTR> 


JOHN  AND   TONY   M'CANN. 

'  There  came  to  the  Seaeh  a  poor  exitfr  of  Erin, 

f  ^    ThedewonhUthinrbbe  was  heavy  and  chill; 

/        "  'For  his  coMntry  he  sighed,  as,  bytjgu^ight  repaiiing,  ' 

To  wander  alone  by  the  heay^m^ten  hill.^CAMPBRtb 

John  M'Cann,  a  leading  member  of  the  famous  society  of  frienos  of  Irish 
Independence,  was  the  fellow-prisoner  of  Mr.  Thomas  Trenor  in  the  Castle 
PrJvdt,  Dublin,  in  179g;  and  was  tried  in  the  Court  of  King's  Bench.  Dublin; 
on  the  17th  of  July  that  year,,  for  htgh-treasot|^ ;  or,  in  othelr  word^,  fpr  the " 
love  he  bore  to  freedom  and  his  native  land,  yet  to  be  th^  blessed  abode 
of  millions  of  happy  freemen.  Thoihas  Reynolds,  the  yile  wretch  who  hatd 
been  hired  by  the  English  power  to  beuay  his  unsuspecting  comrades, 
(afterwards  bis  British  Majesty's  Consul  at  Lisbon;)  was -a  principal  wit- 
ness against  him,  as  was  one  Guiuness  or  M'Guinness,  a  person  of  the 
same  stamp.  Mr.  M'Cann  was  a^an  of  excellent  character,  in  the  prime 
of  life,  and  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catliolic  Church.  But  the  better  the 
man  the  more  anxious  were  George  Ill.'s  mutes  to  stri^glehirii  out  of  the 
way.  He  was  executed  amid  the  hu'/zas  o& infuriated  Orangemen,  and.bt% 
memory  is  venerated  by  the  great  and  good  among  hi^  countrymen.     -/^      ■> 

ToNT  M'Cahn  of  Duudalk,  brother  to  John,  was- secretly  accused  J) j: 
•John  Hughes  of  Belfast,  one  of  the  jnfamous  band  of  government  hiformfr.* 
aniji  traitors  to  their  country,  of  favoring  an  immediate/ rising  oftbefriend»  , 
of  I  Irish  independence,  in  Junie,  1797,  as  were  Lowry  and  Teeling.    Mr. 
M'Cann  afterwjwds  went  ipto  exjie.met  -With  the  Scottish  po^t,  Campbell.' 
nuthor  of  "  The  Pleasures  of  Hojie,"  in  Hamburg— told  him  his  mournful 
tale — ^ana  excited  a  deep  interest  in  his  generous  and  susceptible  breastl  " 
Campbell"  wrote  his  beautiful  ballad  of  "  The  Exil^-of  Erin"  to  the  ancieiit 
Irish  oS  "  Eriii  go  bragh."  aind  thus  immortatized  ^e  banished  patriot 


[zed  the 

'I 


HENRY.,  •RICHARIJ,  AND   MARIA   El)GEWORTH': 


Henrt  EisEx  Edge^orth  de  Firw(>nt',  fathor-confessor  to  Louis  XV/.,. 
•was  bom  ^£  Edgeworthstown,  Ireland,  in  1745.    Ijis  father  had  renounced! 

Srotestantiski,  and  removed  with  his  family  to  France,  He  attended  the 
ing  to  the  scaffold,  ascended  it  with  him,  and  when  the  executioner 
placed  his  head  unddr  the  guillotine,  exclaimed,  "  Son  of  Saint  Louis,  as- 
cend to.  heaven !"    He  died  May  21st,  1807.  .  ,        "^ 

Richard  Lovell  Edgewosth,  a-gentienian  distinguished  for  the  vfcrsatility 
of  his  talents,  was  of  Irish  parentage,  and  bom  at  Bath,  in  1744.  His  family 
residence  was  at  Edgeworthstown,  in  the  South  of  Ireland.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  In. 1767,  he  contrived  a  telegraph,  and  died 
June  13, 1817,  leaving  several  vejry  useful  publications  behind  him.as  alegacy 
to  mankind.  Mr.  E.  xvhh  true  to  Ireland,  aiid  voted  in  its  last  parliament  for 
"no  union  with  Britain."  His  efforts  to  diriinbogs,  aiid  in  making  r'ailwayk^ 
and. improving  Irish  agricult^ire,  were  very  beneficiaf.".  Among  his  work» 
ar6  Poetnr  Explained— Essays  on  Practical  Edncaiion— Professional  Edu- 
cation—Essays on  Roads— Essays  on  the  Philosophical  Transactions,  &,c. 
41&w^  four  times  married.  '  '.    \  ' 

.Ma^ia  Edo|:\vorth,  one  of  the  most  illustrious  female  writers  of  the  pteis- 
ent  age,  is  the  daughter  of  R.  L.  Edgeworth,  and  was  bom  at  Edgeworths- 
Jreltod)      '       "     " 


■7 


I'- 


a*  a  nat 


the  family  settled,  in  tbe-jreign  of  Qxieen  Elizabeth: 


thr 


i   . 


!  .*  Her  mother  vva#  a  native  of  Scotland,  and  her  father  was  married  thricfe. 
after  her  dearth  in  1772*    ^lea  Edge  worth's  moral  and  educational  work& 

United  States;  they  are  always  new,  v 


■\  ■  j'H   *  ' '. .  ■!";>i;  ,*>*ffo  been  often  renrinte*  iu  the  Uni 


ORTR. 


rPBELIii 

frienas  of  Irish 
» in  the  Castle 
Bench,  Dublinil 
words,  for  the  ° 
blessed  abode 
retch  who  hsKl 
ing  comrades, 
principal  wit- 
person  of  the 
r,  in  the  prime 
;  the  better  the 
hiih  out  of  the 
^emen,  and,bt% 
itrymen. ,   •/•      ' 
ly  accused  J)j: 
nent  ^nfo¥mfr.« 
g  of  the  friends  , 
Teeling.    Mr> 
o^t,  Campbell.' 
n  hi^  mournful 
eptible  breast. ." 
'  to  the  ancieiit 
jd  patriot     '  ^ 


WORTH': 

to  Louis  XV/.,. 
had  reuouncedi 
e  attended  the 
le  executioner 
iaint  Louis,  as- 

r  the  vfersatility 
14.  His  family 
He  was  edu- 
rnph,  and  died 
him.  as  a  legacy 
parliament  for 
iking  railwayK 
long  his  work» 
ifessional  Edu- 
ansactions,  &c. 

ers  of  the  p  res- 
it Edgeworths- 
een  Elizabethy- 


Hiarried  thricfe» 
;atioim}  works^ 
!  always  uew^'i 


€ 


MTAtTKR 


BR  jibss, 


.    •      /  > 


^T  BUKOK— BOBSBT  AOBAIH. 


88 


always,  raterestmg.    Her  untiring  efforts  to  encourage,  establish,  and  sup- 
port a  system  of  public  instruction  by  which  all  might  profit,  afford  the 
highest  evideiicei  of  her  Sound  judgment  and  true  patriotism.    Many  of  our 
readers  doubtless  remember  the  satisfaction  with  which  at  various  periods'* 
of  their  lives  they  perused  this  generous  Irishwoman's  Moral  Tales,  Tales  of 
Fashionable  Life,  Parent's  Assistant,  Earlv  Lessons,  Popular  Tales,  Patrop-  ." 
age,  Belinda,  Castle  Rackrent,  Absentees',  &c.    Her  acquaintance  tvith  tho- 
history,  literature  and  manners  of  France  is  as  profound  s^s  her  informa- 
tion on  the  manners  of  Ireland.  Her  works  are  deservedly  ponular  tliroqah^ ' 
out  Europe.  f;-         |     T.| 

Although  Miss  Edgeworth  realized  a  large  sum^  of  mon%  fey  her  Yinili- 
cations,  there  was  no  copyright  law,  protecthig  autj^ors  injreland,  Wl  ths 
Union  m  1801.  .^igUah  works  wer6  reprinted,  aoid  sold  in  fi-eland— cheap 
editions— and  Gibbon  ^mplained,  Blackstone  a«>aii>biined,  as  Boz  aad 
others  now  very  unjustly  complain  of  America,  but  until  the  union  there 
was  no  remedy,  for  uo  such  measufe  cbuld  find  favor  with  the  Irish  ^ 
parliament.   .  >  "V  °    •„ 

The  Essay  .On,  Irish  Bulls  and  several  ednpational  treatises  were^ls'artlT 
written  by  Miss  JE.,  and- partly  by  her  father.i  She  is  now  about  76  yearsi 
of  age.  •  . 


WALTER   HUSSEY   BURGH.  • 

yr     -':  -i^..    '■  :  '  :  ■    f>- 

4  Tlie  Chief  nfbn  of  the  Irish  Exchequer,  the"  contemporary  of  6ratt;th 

and  Flood,  una^e  of  themost  eloquent,  able,  and  upright  patriots  Ireland 

^Ver  iii;oduc%d>  wag  the  son  of  Ignatius  Hussey,  an  Irish  lawyer  of  high 

.tepute  and  great  opulence,  and  was  born  in  1742.    In  youth  he  acquired  ' 

fame  as  a  poet,  and  was  called  to  the  bar  in  1769,  before  he  had  read  a 

,  $ingle  law  book:  In  1775,  in  thp  Irish  pariianient,  he  opposed  an  address 
(falling  the  mqvement  in  the  United  States  o  rebellion,  also  a  bill  to  ,send  . 
4000  Irish  troops  to  keep  down  liberty  jn  America,  and  to  authorize  Protes- 
tant soldiers  fo.be  imported  into  Ireland  to  watch  the  conduct  of  Jts  C^tho- 
"lic  counties, .  He  it  was,  who  successfully  advised  the  Irish  govei^ent  to 
arm  the  Irish  vdluiiteers— and,  with  Flood  and  Grattan,  he  siHpporfed  the 
rjesolve  for  free  trade  for  Ireland,  in  1779— threw  up  his  office/under  the 
crown,  and  in  1780,  boldly  asserted  the  right  of  Ireland  to  political  uide- 
pendence,  denying  England's  power  to  bind  her  in  any  case  whatever.  In 
London  they  Vg^d  a. perpetual, mutiny  bill  for  the  Irish,  while  for  them-: , 
selves,  in  ^ngllmil,  they  only  voted  ityeariy.  Ireland  was  indignant — she 
nullified— Burgh,  Grattan,  Flood,  and  Yelverton,  ^vere  all  nullifiers  in  these 
days— and  successful  onqp  too.  Burgh  was  the  Irish  Romilly— he  softened 
the  terrors  of  a  prison  to  the  poor  debtor— received  the  approbation  of  the 
University  of  Dublin,  of  which  he  was  a  representative — and  in  June,  1782, 
bccanie  chief  Baron  of  the*  Exchequer.  BUt  the  death  of  a  beloved  wife 
jrt,  and  while  on  ^^circuit  at  Armagh,  he  was  seized  with  a  ' 
■*  \,  Oct.  16th,  1783,  i!l  his  41st  jrear.  Blessed  be  hjs  memory, 
failing  of  a  desir^  to  buiid  his  fortunes  on  the  degradation 
ut  Was  tlm^ery  antipodes  of  a  Clare,  aCastlereagh, ^id  a  ' 

.  !.:•'  Ill 

.OBEllT  APRAlN.LLt).         ^  *      ^ 

"  '  ■   J ■  *■.■«■ 

'  ■-■'-■  *       ■*    ,•  '  ■     '     ^  '    ^' 

nted  a  Virilliiig  asylum  to  thousands  of  Scottish  Pres- 

e' cruelly  .persecuted  py  the  prdtestant  religious  ma- 

Britaiii  in  th^  daVd  of  •dik  second  Charles.    Noteless 


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feve: 
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84 


ROBERT   ADR4IN. 


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cheerfully  did  the.presbyterians  and  catholics  of  the  province  of  Ulster 
receive -rtiany  proscribed  French  families  wiiom  the  edict  of  Names,  and 
the  bigotry  of  Louis  the  14th,  had  placed  without  the  pale  of  tUpir  coun- 
try's protection. 

•  Robert  Adrain,  who  was  for  many  years  professor  of  mathematics  and 
natural  philosophy  in  Columbia  College,  New  York,  Was  born  on  the  30th 
of  Soptember,  1775,at.Carrickfergus  in  Ireland,  and  died  on  the  10th  of 
August,  1843,  at  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey,  aged  nearly  68  years. 

His  father  was  a  native  pf  France,  which  he  left  on  the  revocation  of  the 
edict  of  Naiites,  the'  intolerance  of  the  political  church  united  with  the 
state,  dominant,  and  tiph^ld  by  the  catholic  majority  of  the  time,  having 
di'iveu„tlieprote6tant  minority  into  foreign  lands.    Such  is  the  spirit  of 

•"  nativeism"  ^id  clerical  intolerance  here.    It  would  refuse  an  asylum  to 
the  persecuted' of  our  ;day,  from  other  countries^it  would  banish  or  make- 
helots  of  the  natives  of  America,  who  might  venture  to  telieve  a  little  less 
ot  a  littltj!  more  than  t^e  established  state  creed  of  the  church  and  state 
party  of  bur  day  might  authorize.  ^  . 

Robert  >vas  the  eldest  9f  five  childreji,  and  lost  both  his '  parents  in  his 
15th  year.  He  was  ail  excellent  mathematician  and^lingui-st,  and  taught 
school  at  Ballycarry  when  only  hi  his  16th  year.  Mr.  -Mortimei',  a  gentle- 
man of  great  wealth  and  influence  in  Cumber,  engaged  him  as  an  instruc- 
tor of  his  children;  but\vhen  th^  Irish  people  made  an  effort  in  1798,  ta 
shake  off  their  ancient  opiiressors,  Robert  Adrain  took  the  command  of  a 
company  of  the- United  Irish,  while  Mr.  Mortimer^  being  an  officer  of  the. 
English  authorities,  was  offerii^  a  reward  of  fifty^pdVnds  for  his  capture.' 
At  the  battle  of  Saintfield,  Mr.  Mortimer  received' a  iportal  blow,  but  it  so 
happened  thatMr.  Adjrain  having  refused  his  assent  tjb  some  measure  pro- 
post^  in  his  division  of  thd'army,  received  a  daiigcrou^  wound- in  thebaCk' 
from  one  of  his  own  men  the  day  before  the  batiJe,  jnid  was  reported  to  be 
dead.  This  stopped  further  search  after  him — and  after  several  narrow  es-. 
capes  from  the  hands  of.Irelahd's  enemies  he  found  a  refuse  in  Neiv  York, 
then  sufferhig  frofli  the  yiUow  fever. '  He  first  t&ught  an  acadctny  at  Prince- 
town,  N.  J.  therf  became  principal  of  the  York  County  Academy,  next  took 
charge  of  the  academy^t  Reading,  and  became  a  Valuable  contributor  to 
Baron's  •'Mathematical  Correspondent,"  and  afterwards  editor  of  the  Analyst, 
which  he  continued;  for  several  years  in  PllHadelphia.    '        .    ", 

In  1810  he  was  appointed  Professor  of  Mathentatics  and  Natural  Philo- 
sophy in  Queen's  (now  Rutger's)  College,  New  Brunswick,  had  the  -degree 
of  Doctor  of  Law^  conferred  on  him,  and  was  soon  after  ifected  a  member 
of  seveiral  of  the  philosophicalfsqcieties  in  Europe  and  America.  He  edi 
ted  the  third  American  edition  ofsJiHjtton's  Course  of  Matheniatics,  and 
made  important  corrections,  adding  ma^y  valuable  notei^,  and  an  elemen- 
tary treatise  on  Descriptive  Geometry. 

On  the  decease  of  Dr.  Kemp,  Dr.  Adrain  was,  electoil,  in  1813,  Professor 
•of  Math^atics  and  Natural  Philpsopliy  in  Columbia  College,  New  York; 
soon  after  :i^ich  he  published  a  paper  on  the  figure  and  magnitude  of  the 
earth,  ailft«|^avity,  wliich  obtained  for  him  great  cel6brity  in  Europe. "  He 
contributed  to  the  periodicals  of  the  day,  edited  the  Mathematical  piary  in 
1825,  and  was  looked  up  ,to  as  having  no  superior'tungng  the  mathemati- 
cians of  America;    The  ease  and  facility  with  which 'he  imparted  instruc- 

\Uon,  his  fluency  in  reading  the  Greek  and  Latin  autliors>  and  extensive  ac- 
G[uaiutance  with  general  literature,  his  social  flisposition,  strong  understand* 
ing,  and  high  conversational  pOweifs,  caused  the- ^indents  and  professors 
greatly  to  regret  his  resignafcon  of  his  office  in  l^ze.  .  The  senior  mathe- 
matioal  class  had  his  portrait  taken  by  the  distingnisfied  Trisli  arrist,  Tpg. 


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ham ;  aii  adniiraliTeTikenessTfrorruiivHicH  the  aicCt)mpanying  engraviBg  has 
been  copied.        ,  '      -,  .    ' 

After  leaving  New  York,  he  held  for  several  years  a  professorship  in  Iho 
University  of  P^it^ylvauia,  of  which  institution  he  was  vice-provost.    To- 


!.        L 


ince  of  Ulster 
if  Nantes,  and 
of  tUpir  coun- 

theinatics  and 
rn  on  the  30th 
>n  the  10th  of 
i8  years, 
ocation  of  the 
lited  with  the 
!  time,  having 
5  the  spirit  of 
!  an  as'yhim  to 
anish  or  make, 
ive  a  httle  less 
ich  and  state 

parents  in  his 
it,  and  taught 
imei",  a  gentl^- 
as  an  instruc- 
ort  in  1798,  ta 
sniimand  of  a 
I  officer  of  the. 
or  his  capture. 
)low,  but  it  so 
measure  pro- 
lOd- in  the  back' 
reported  to  be 
!.ral  narrow  es-. 
!  in  Neiv  York, 
einy  at  Prince- 
emy,  next  took 
contributor  to 
t  of  the  Arudyst, 

'«'•#■  '• 
Naturjil  Philo- 
lad  the  -degree 
:ted  a  member 
@riea.  He  edi 
theinatics,  and 
nd  an  elemen- 

1813,  Professor 
je.  New  York; 
ignitude  of  the 
n  Europe. '  He 
latical  piary  in 
he  matheinatf- 
iparted  instruc- 
i  extensive  ac- 
ng  uuderstand- 
aiid  professors 
i  senior  mathe* 
riBJi  artjpt,  Ing- 


sui 

giaus' 
stroll^, 
reiijtati  . 
infidelity 
Dr.  Adrain 


rATRER  NICHOLAS  8BKEHT. 

.his  memory  and- the  other  faculties^ 

-  life  he^s  a  suicere  Christian,  audf tn 

M  tli^ore  difficult  passages  of  ScMffn  Wis 

^p^Jlectyand  pure  and  fervent  piety,  were  cited  as  a 

:.me„e.hat  the  study  of  the  abstrtisesciencis  tends  to 

liberty  in  1798.  were  condemned  bv  the  LalKnt^/fm^  civd  and  rehgious 
of  the  great'autfaor  of  mn^S-uLnXi  ^'■"»°cracy,  m  the  election 
to  the  presidency.  In  iXxl^'^rtil'-t^th  ^'^'r^'^ 

.daycall  themselves,  w^re  tHeS,ly"eS  Ss  whom  tubmen  ITS  f^^' 
found  on  th  s  continent^-  and  «rr^fof..i  *^  a^    ■        .-.   "^®"  as  iJr.  Adraui 

.<Sdnies  honest  iSS  ^iil'lnd Sent  *°  .^'"^'^'^a"  liberality,  which  wel- 

m^the-memorable  struggle  of  1798  Ireland  s  noblest  sons 

.-,-•«. ■- .•...^,         ' .  '    n'-' ; '  ». '  '    I  ^  ._„._. 

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the  informers  who  swore  ax^av  tS   ives  lino  n^fn  s^'  ^^^  "2^"  J'^^'* 
U  was  clearly  proved  that  the  J  were  airgmSess  ^  ''''^^''°"  ^'™^ 

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tocracy.  The  results  of  the  revolution  of  1688  seem  to  have  been  on 
the  whole  injtiribus  to  Ireland.  That  event  placed  the  monarch  within 
the  power  of  the  clerp,  nobility  and  gentry,  and  gave  them  the  best 
title  to  plunder  the  people.  Since  then  the  premier  of  England  is  the 
king  for  the  nobles,  who  rule,  as  with  a  rod  of  iron,  the  cruelly  op- 
pressed though  very  patient  millions.  -  .^ 

Thomas  Shbehv.  of  the  Lodge,  Esq.,  a  warm  friend  and  relative  of 
Father  Nicholas  Sheehy,  was  executed  about  i^is  time  on  a  charge  of  being 
too  fond  of  his  countrv  and  Irish  independence.  Musgrave  slanders  him, 
and  the  orange  blood-hounds  had  a  Keen  scent  after  property. 


REV.  JOHN  MURPHYj  D.D. 

The  Catholic  clergymen  y/ha  did  join,  in  the  efforts  of  1798,  to  shake  off 
the  yoke  of  the  stranger,  were  few  in  numbeir.  and  have  been  grossly  slan- 
dered—but they^proved  manly,  honest,  and  faithful  leaders  of  the  people, 
and  I  am  neither  surprised  at,  nor  sorry  for  the  iuflnence  such  men  have 
preserved,  in  preference  to  the  lazy,  pensioned  IiireHngs  of  state  paid 
creeds.  The  Catholic  believes  in  the  doctrine  of  the  trinity,  in  the  resur- 
rection, in  eternal,  life,  in  the  ascension  of  Christ,  a^d  in  many  other  scrip- 
ture mysteries.  So  does  the  Protestai^  There  a^e  other  ii^^omprehen- 
Bible  points  of  faith  on  which  they  differ,  but  why  shouldTthey  deliounce 
each  other  ? '  Is  one  mystery  less  incomprehensible  than  another  ?  Surely 
not. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  John  Murphy,  of  Boolavogue,  in  Wexfort),  was  opposed  to  the 
United  Irish  system,  until  the  royalists  burned  his  chapel.  Before  the  rising 
in  Wicklow  and  Wexford,  says  Plowden,  not  one  jcatholic  priest  was  to  be 
found  in  the  ranks  of  the  U.  I.  except  Father  Roche,  then  und^r  ccnsiue. 
Dr.  Murphy  wasA  farmer's  son,  in  the  parish  of  Ferns,  and  completed  his 
studies  at  the  University  of  Seville  in  Spain,  where  he  took  the  degree  of 
Doctor  in  Divinity  in  1785.  He  was  a  profound  scholar,  an  amiable  man, 
of  the  inost  correct  and  unblemished  deportment,  earnest  and  sincere  in 
his  manner,  as  a  preacher,  very  influential  in  his  religious  exhortations, 
light  complexioned,  strong,  agile,  well  made,  about  five  feet  niife  inches  in 
height,  and  iii  his  45th  year,  when  he  gave  up  life  and  its  enjoyments  for 
the  love  he  bore  to  Ireland  and  freedom.. 

Dr.  Murphy  began  his  career  in  defence  of  life  and  property,  about  the 
27th  of  May,  1798,  and  to  the  hour  of  his  death  was  a  terror  to  the  tories. 
causing  them,  from  fear  of  retaliation,  to  spare  many  lives  and  much  pro- 
perty they  would  have  destroyed.  He  was  humane  to  a  fault,  and  so  well 
was  his  character  known,  that  at  his  capture  many  letters  were  found  on 
his  person  from  ladies,  who  trusted  to  his  kinVlness  of  heart  to  interfere  and 
prevent  the  death  or  harsh  usage  of  their  husbands.  His  bravery  is  ac- 
knowledged by  all  parties,  and  his  memory  held  in  deserved  esteem,  among 
the  best  and  purest  of  his  patriotic  count^men.  His  enduring  momiment% 
is,  as  it  ought  to  be.  in  the  hearts  of  Irishmen. 

In  the  various  battles,  ending  with  the  defeat  at  Vinegar  Hill,  no  leader 
was  more  conspicuous  than  Dr.  Murphy.  Moreover,  he  was  shrewd, 
collected,  and  possessed  a  sound  judgment  to  control  his  constitutional 
warmth.  At  Vinegar  Hill,  the  Irish  were  badly  armed.  In  1797,  the  fo- 
l[eigner  had  disarmed  them.  Musgrave  states  that  70,630  pikes,  48,1 09  guns, 
4,463  pistols,  and  4,183  s^|^'were  that  year  taken  from  them  in  Ulster 
and  Leinster— and  sijgMjro  revolt,  the  wealthy  have  combined  to  render 
the  condition  of  tmhiVoter  more  and  more  miserable.  The  Scottish  High- 
landers were  iionorably  distinguished  in  '98,  by  their  kindness  to  the  Irish, 
whose  language  they  spoke  fluently.   Not  a  soldier  among  them,  says  the 


I: 


KEV.  D>.  JOHN  MWHT— riTRn  J.  NDKPHT. 


have  been  on 
oiiarch  within 
them  the  best 
England  is  the 
le  cruelly  op* 
■i 

nd  relative  of 
ihafge  of  being 
slanders  him, 
rty. 


87 


18,  to  shake  off 
n  grossly  slan? 
of  the  people, 
ich  men  have 
of  state  paid 
',  in  the  resur* 
ny  other  scrip- 
ii|^omprehen- 
they  denounce 
)ther  i    Surely 

opposed  to  the 
efore  the  rising 
riest  was  to  be 
uid^r  ccnsiu«. 
completed  ai» 

the  (degree  of 
amiable  man, 
uid  sincere  in 

exhortations, 
niife  inches  in 
enjoyments  for 

rty,  about  the 
r  to  the  tories, 
ind  much  pro- 
It,  and  so  well 
vere  found  on 

0  interfere  and 
bravery  is  ac* 
isteem,  among 
ng  monument  % 

Hill,  no  leader 
was  shrewd, 
constitutional 

1  1797,  the  fo* 
8, 48,109  guns, 
them  in  Ulster 
ined  to  render 
Scottish  High- 
ss  to  the  Irish, 
hem,  says  the 


Rev.  James  Gordon,  woiild  accept  even  a  drihk  of  buttermilk,  without  pay- 
ing the  full  value.  .        '  , 

The  battle  of  Viuegar  Hill  was  fought  on  the  2l8t  of  June,  and  the  tories 
and  Orangemen  defeated  the  United  Irish  after  a  desperate  struggle,  in 
which  Father  Murphy  did  his  duty  nobly.  The  IrLsh  camp,  a  very  strong 
position,  was  carried,  their  artillery  taken,  and  very  many  of  them  put  to 
the  sword.  The  bulk  of  the  Irish  aristocracy  were  to  be;  found  in  the  ranks 
of  the  stranger— they  had  no  sympathy  witluthe  people. 

After  the  rout,  the  prisoners  were  divided  among  the  British  regiments 
as  they  moved  separately  to  their  destinations  on  several  points  of  the* 
Island.  To  each  regiment  were  assigned  120  prisoners  more  or  less,  ac- 
cording  to  the  number  of  days*  march  before  it,  with  orders  to  hang  a  cer- 
tain  number  every  day  before  starting.  A  sergeant  was  named  Provost- 
Marshal.  One  morning  thirteen  instead  of  twelve  were  marched  out  and 
"  strung  up."  "  You  have  brought  out  one  too  many,"  obseri'ed  the  cof- 
poral.  "  Nj^matter,"  was  the  reply,  "  I'll  give  credit  for  one  to-morrow." 
About  aootTwere  given  as  a  present  to  the  King  of  IVussia,  and  subse- 
quently made^risoners  by  Napoleon,  en  maisse,  at  the  battle  of  Jena. 

The  heroic  Father  John  Muipliy,  was  taken  prisoner  a  few  days  after  the 
battle  of  Vinegar  Hill,  and  chrried  to  Sir  James  DnfTs  head-quarters  at 
Tullow.  where  the  most  insulting  -language  was  used  towards  him  by 
the  general  officers.  They  did  not  stand  upon  ceremony — there  was  no 
time  to  prepate  for  ^rial— no  sending  for  testimony— they  murdered  their 
noble-heartfed  prisoner,  a  few  hours  after  he  was  brought  in ! ! !  TTiey  tied 
~  him  with  cords,  bufletted  him,  whipped  him,  put  a  rope  round  his  neck, 
and  hanged  him,  took  down  the  body  before  he  was  dead,  cut  his  throat, 
took  out  his  bowels,  severed  his  head  from  his  shoulders,  exposed  his  body 
to  the  brutality  of  the  worst  of  the  orangemen.  and  then  burnt  it.  His  soul 
ascended  to  heaven ;  his  career  on  earth  was  that  of  a  soldier  for  his  G&d 
'and  his  countiy ;  he  was  a  trujB  martyr  for  the  rights  of  his  race ;  and  where 
is  the  tru6  Christian  that  can  doubt  for  a  moment  his  participation  in  the 
eternity  pf  bliss  prepared  for  the  righteous  i 

FATHEk  John  MuRPHT,  aid-de-camp  to  his«reat  namesake,  fell  in  the 
battle  near  Gore's  Bildge.  He  was  a  true  friend  to  his  country,  andi^ier- 
fully  offered  up  his  life  in  it^  defence.  On  his  buttons  were  figuA|edl%f  a 
dove  and  crucifix.  He  stood  by  the  people  in  every  action,  till  his  u|itovirard 
death. 

There  may  be  those  who  wiil  say  that  the  catholic  and  presbyterian 
preachers  (for  there  were  no  established  church  clergymen  found  in  the 
ranks  of  the  defenders  of  Ireland's  civil  and  religions -rights,  animating 
their  countrymen  in  the  hour  of  battle,  and  sharing  its  dangers)  were  out 
of  the  line 'of  their  duty.  I  do  not  think  so.  The  noblest  page  of  Scot- 
land's annals  is  that  which  shows  her  faithful  ministers  in  the  midst  of 
their  persecuted  flocks,  singing  God's  praises  ui  the  hills  and  mountains, 
and  preparing  to  fight  their  country's  enemies  for  the  sake  of  what  they 
believed  to  be  the  cause  of  eternal  truth  upon  the  earth.  These  men 
ul^ged  the  people  never  to  bow  the  knee  to  tyranny  oyer  the  human  mind, 
and  were  ready  for  the  torture,  the  guillotine,  transportation,  the  dungeon, 
the  bayonet,  or  the  musket-ball ;  always  prepared  to  prove  their  sincerity, 
by  offering  up  their  lives  as  a  sacrifice,  in  the  good  cause  they  had  espoused. 
If,  then,  the  presbyterian  is  delighted  with  a  perusal  of  the  lives  of  those 
noble  souls,  whose  cbnsistent  bravery  graces  the  pages  of  "  the  Scottish 
Worthies,"  how  can  he  withhold  the  meed  of  approbation,  so  gloriously 
earned  by  the  Murphys,  the  Cloiglys,  the  Roches,  the  Harrolds,  Kellys, 
Kearnses.  Kavanagbs,  Redmonds,  and  Sweenys,  of  1798,  in  catholic 
Ireland  ?  If  the  lazy  and  bloated  among  the  priesthood,  established  in 
England  and  Ireland  by  law.  had  shown  a  like  sympathy  with  the  people, 
and  a  like  confidence  in  heaven  and  the  divine  nature  of  their  religion, 
thoy  would  itot  BOW  be  looked^ipoiraa  a  cancer  on  the  body  poUtio,  wiuch  ~ 


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Uie  people  oiily  wait  an  opportunity  to  cast  off.  I  would  gladly  extend 
Uiis  eulogy  to  the  cle«gy  of  catholic  or  presbytcrian  Canada,  did  the  scenes 
of  1837  to  1839  warrant  it,  wiiich  I  think  they  do  not.  Bannockburu  was 
won  against  fearful  odds,  and  the  Scottish  catholic  priesthood  have  much 
of  the  merit,  If  equal  success  did  not  attend  the  courageous  Irishmen  at 
Aughrim.  the  heroic  energy  of  the  venerable  father  Stafford  did  not  fail  to 
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.  DR.  AND  SIR  PHILIP  FRANCIS-DR.  FRANCIS  HUTCHESON— KANE 
^^J?>*?A-^ETITIA  PILKINGTON-FREDKRICK  PILOK-BOYLE  St. 
#LE6SR-N.  TATE-MARY  TIGHK^ROBERT  WOOD-REV.  LAWRENCE 
^   STERNE-JOHN.TOLAND.  i^"«i:.i>u» 

•  ■' "  .    "         .  .  ■ 

PhIlif  Francis.  D.  D.,  an  eAiinent  protestant  divine,  was  the  spn  of  an 
Irish  dean,  and  father  of  the  celebrated  Sir  Philip  Francis.  He  is  well  known 
to  the  reading  public  by  his  excellent  translations  of  Horace  and  Demo.sthe- 
nes.  which  the  brothers  Harper  have  reprinted  in  America,  and  was  the 
author  of  Eugenia  and  Constantia.  tragedies.    He  died  in  March.  1773. 

Sir  Philip  Francis.  This  accomplished  scholar,  oratpr,  and  statesman, 
was  bom  in  Dublin  in  1740,  and  educated  at  St.  Paul's  school.  In  1773  he 
was  made  a  member  of  the  Council  of  Bengal— remained  six  years  in  India 
-opposed  Warren  Hastings'  measures  there— fought  a  duel  with  Hastings, 
and  was  shot  thfougti  the  body— took  his  seat,  in  tlve  English  Parliament 
"\  n$4— voted  with  the  whigs^aided  in  the  impeachment  of  Hastings— wa« 
friendly  to  reform  in  parliament,  and  the  abolition  of  the  slai^ctrade  -^was 

•  It  to  really  wonderful,  «lwt  the  profesMn  of  the  ancient  reliftion  of  tre^^haTe  ao 
long  remained  peaccAil  and  patient  under  perwcutjon.  The  Enfflith  Chui^^B^,  Is  for 
the  moat  part,  a  clumay  pretext  for  robbing  the  Iriih  of  a  toart  of  the  fmit^^Hr  labor 
•to  enrich  Kngliahnien  and  their  connexion*.  Bishop  Tomlin  left  three  miOllIRr  dollars 
to  bis  famUy,  saTed  out  of  the  Irish  j  and  Dr.  Wjirburton,  Bishop  of  Ck»^e,  Aained  hn 
diocese  of «  Tery  lane  sum  annuaUy,  but  returned  none  of  it  in  works  ol  charity.  He  was  a 
poor  piper's  son,  and  amassed  tSOOfOO  of  plunder.  When  Irishmen  coMpliJii,  these,  holy 
prebites  uke  great  delight  in  shooting  them.  t   r      »  —f, 

«''''jf,JP"«  "l^'J'^  **"*'  entitles  the  transaction,  the  particulars  of  which  I  quote  front' 
Mr.  O'Callaghan's  Grecii.Book,"a  little  salutary  blomi-leltiiig."  Mr.  PatricI?  Doyle,  a 
«"Sfi.''  Newtonbilhry,  a  Catholic,  was  illenlly  requested 'to  pay  tithes  to  the  Rev.  jkt. 
McCIfaitock.  a  connexion  of  Lord  Roden,  and  his  late  brother^the  Bishop  otClogHer.  Mr. 
Doyle  said  that  the  tithes,  amounting  to  eleren  dollars,  and  no  more,  wouM  not  be  due  till  No- 
!"!!*"•./!"  Saturday,  the  I8th  of  June,  1831,  however.  Mr;  Doyle's  catUe  we»e  seized,  and 
to  be  sold  by  auction,  aftei^^big  adverUsed  fof  sale  fai  the  name  of  the  panon.  This  was  the 
inarfceUday,  and  there  wai  a  Urge  crowd  assembled  to  attend  the  sale.  Lord  Dunham's 
orange  yeomanrv,  and  the  police,  who  were  kept  ih  readiness  in  the  yard  of  his  lordship's 
agent.  Cuitaln  Graham,  were  tuned  out  to  guMfdlhr  catUe,  on  their l>eing  taken  from  the 
pound.  Some  of  the  people  began  to  jeer  tb^  yeomen  upon  the  use  to  which  they  were 
applying  their  new  clothing  and  arms,  and  a  few  stones  having  likewise  been  thrown,  by/ 
some  children,  from  amongst  the  gathering  multitude,  the  yeomanry  lircd,  until  fourteoi 
persons  were  shot  dead  upon  the  spot,  and  several  wounded  !  Some  saved  their  lives,  by 
swimming  through  th»  river  Slauey.  A  ball  grazed  the  head  of  Mr*  Doyle's  eWest  son  John, 
sweeping  away  one  of  his  eyes,  and  depriviiig  him  of  the  sighl  of  the  other.  He  is  still 
"  ".""/■  And  «ymingman,Tl!illey  Doyle,  was  killed.  He  was  a  fine  handsome  fellow, 
six  feet  high,  made  Bi  proportion,  universally  liked  in  the  neighborhood,  knd  only  in  his 
iwenty-second  year.  A  mraket-baU  tore  its  way  through  Mrs.  Mulroony,  iaA  her  unborn 
tabe,  leaving  tiie  lifeless  ami  bleeding  rennains  of  both  exposed  to  the  public  eye,  all  this  in 
S*  "US".?''**®  •''"««  '•''*»ke  church,  and  Christ  Jesus !  "  For  the  blood  thu  shed," says 
Mr.  0'Callagfaan,«  no  redress  was  obtained— no  punishment  inflicted."  ^ 

It  ftimmn  tn  nu«.  thai  an  IWr  fiVMn  M«#*ktn«  VUftlkAVM  TmUm  a«.j  m#t.t...i  m«..^-.L—  a^  _i.ji_*. 


-  .  ■i5E*!!IL!S."^:  *^1™  "  ^??  '''fJ?*''?  Fathers  John  and  Michael  Murphv  for  sirdtaig 


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OB  their  swords,  it  would  be  fanpossiUe  not  to  feel  contempt  for  tbemi 

It  to  a  fret.  tlMt  Lord  Grey's  whig  government  coinmenced  its  cai«er  hi  Irelsno  by 
MOO  tTtlielaw.sult8.  brought  to  recover  as  many  fiirthtags.  At  the  first  quarter  sessions  of 
183S.  for  Gashel  hi  Tippeiary.  9MI  civil  procetaes  were  enteisd  by  the  parsons  for  tytbes. 
■oawforapaBBy.soiiMforalua^Mmyi  <        r-  / 


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have  much 
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ON-KANE 
JOYLE  St. 
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B  spn  of  an 
well  known 
Demo8the- 
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li,  1773. 
statesman. 
In  1773  he 
ars  in  India 
h  Hastings, 
Parliament 
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uil,  these.  Ao/y 

I  quote  from 
rick  Doyle,  a 

the  Rev.  Mr. 

Cloghtr.  Mr. 
be  due  till  No- 
fe  seized,  and 

This  was  the 
rd  Famham'a 
his  lordsfaip'a 
iken  from  tiie 
ich  they  were 
HI  thrown,  by 
until  fourteen 
their  lives,  by 
lest  son  John, 
r.  He  is  still 
ilsome  fellow, 
nd  only  in  his 
id  her  unbom 
lye,  all  this  in 
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in  Irelaina  by 
ter  sessions  of 
at  for  tytbes. 


HCTCIIK.SOX-t>IIM:A-III.KlkuTON~l.II.OK— 8T.    LEOGR— TATE— TIUHE.      89 

made  a  Kiii{,'lit  of  tire  Bath— pjnl.li.shed  about  thirty  «neechps  and  political 
paniphiots  some  of  tliom  very  able  and  spirited— and  is  beliuvod  by  many 
to  bu  the  antlioiof  the  U'liiTsof  Jiuiiiis. 

FuAMis  Hi'TCMKsoN.  D.  D.  This  celebrated  scholar,  and  distinjjiiishod 
writer  on  moral  philosophy,  Was  bom  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  where  his 
father  was  a  presbyteriaii  minister,  on  the  8th  of  Aiiynst,  1694— had  the 
clmrire  of  a  eon>,'re«atioii  in  Dubliajor  some  time,  and  published  ••  An 
inquiry  mto  the  ideas  of  Beauty  and  Virtue.?  He  removed  to  Glasgow, 
became  professor  of  phiIo.Hophy  in  the  University -there,  and  died  mueU 
regretted  in  17-17.  He  wrote 'a  treatise  an  the  Passions;  anil  his  son  ^ 
published  his  .system  of  Moral  Philosophy  in  two  volumes,  (luano,  with  an 
account  of  his  life  by  Dr.  Leecham. 

Kaxk  O'Hara,  descended  from  an  ancient  and  respectable  Irish  famil), 
was  born  in  Dublin  about  the  year  1733,  ami  educated  at  Trinity  College: 
u  Hara  had  an  e.\quisite  taste  for  music,  and  was  well  skilled  in  musical 
composition,  which,  with  his  social  tfud  lively  humor,  introduced  him  to 
all  the  wits  and  literati  of  his  dav.  He  was  an  especial  favorite  of  the  Earl 
of  Morningtoii.  the  Duke  of  Welliiigton's  father.  It  was  his  misfortune,  in 
his  latter  y«aMrto  lose  his  sight,  imd  he  died  at  his  house,  near  Dublin, 
June  17tli,  1782.  0-Hara  was  the  buthor  of  a-iiew  species  of  comic  opem 
called  the  English  Burletta.  His  firamatic  works  are,  Midas— The  (Jolden 
Pippin-Apnl  Day— and  Tom  .Tlibinb.  burlettas-and  the  Two  Misers,  a 
musical  drama.  /  .    . 

Letitia  Pilkinoton,  th^  daughter  of  Doctor  Van  Lewin,  a  phylfcian  of 
Dublin,  was  born  in  that  city  in.  1712.  Her  husband  was  a  clergyman,  and 
m  author.  Mrs.  Pilkingtou  was  one  of  Deaii  SAviffs  female  coterie  ;  and. 
perliap.s,  surp^assed  all  the  pftty  iii  wit  and  genius,  not  less  than  in  levity 
Mie  is  the  author  of  some  interesting  poetry,  and  died  in  Dublin  in  1750 
Her  "  Memoirs,"  bv  herself,  and  he^.Letters,  are  still  entertaining.  I  niav 
here,  also,  name  Marv  Barber,  another  of  Swift's  bas  hlen  society,  who  was 
born  lu  Dublin,  m  the  same  year  as  Mrs.  P.  She  published  a  volume  ot 
elegant  and  iiioral  poems,  under  the  .patronage  of  Dean  Swift  and  Lor.l 
Oirery,  and  died  in  1757.  •  . 

Fkeperick  Pilo.v,  a  native  of  Cork,  Ireland,  is  thi  author  of  an  Essay  on 
the  character  of  Hamlet— The  Invajsion,  or  a  Trip  to  Brighton^Thc  Hu- 
mors of  au  Election-Hwid  He  wbuld  be  a  Solditr,  a  comedy  performed 
with  applause  at  Covent  Garden,  1786.  The  author  began  to  be  courtoil 
by  the  fashionable,  gave  way  to  intemperate  habits,  and  died  in  1788, 
aged  38.  » 

.  Francis  Barry  Boyle  St.  Leqer,  was  the  son  of  a  highly  respectable 
famdy  in  Ireland— born  in  Sept.,  1799,  and  died  Nov.  20,  I829,  a«'ed  30 
He  18  the  author  of  ••  Gilbert  Earle,"  "  Tales  of  Passion,"  and""  The 
Blount  Manuscriuts,"  wdrks  characterized  by  intense  feeling,  a  through  in- 
sight into  human  nature,  the  developement  of  the  passions  of  tlie  mind 
and  a  coniplete  knowledge  of  the  world.  '  V 

Nahum  Tatr.  a  dramatic  poet,  whb  was  bom  in  Dublin,  1652,  became 
poet  laureat,  and  helped  Brady  to  turn  David's  Psalms  into  metre.  Hi; 
died  in  1715,  at  the  Mint,  where  heihad  taken  refuge  to  escape  bitter  ncrse- 
ciition  from  his  creditors.  '         ,  ' 

Mary  Tkihr— The  father  of  this  lovely  wonmn  was  the  Rev.  William 
Klavlilord^  of  Dublin,  where  she  was  born  in  1774 ;  him  slip  lost  in  her  in- 
luncy,  but  by  the  care  of  her  excellent  mother  her  line  intellectual  powers 
M  ere  d(>^veIoped  and  cultivated.  She  married  her  cousin,  Henry  Tighe, 
and  tl>d  romantic  seat  of  Rosannay  in  Wicklow,  became  the  Temple  of 
la.«t^  of  the  Muses,  and  the  social  virtues.  .Some  of  her  poems  are  of 
rare  tjierit.  Sir  John  Carr,  speaking  of  her  poem  of  "  Psyche,"  says  that  it  • 
•  d/splays  great  fancy,  and  much  richness  and   variety  of  language," 

«1  Lady  Morgan  speaks  of  its  interesting  author  as  ♦•  Uie  charmiha 

lycho  of  poetical  fame,  and  my  (her)  most  dear  and  early  friei^ 


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Her  poetical  works  went  through  many  editionR,  and  she  died  on  the  24th 
of  March,  1810.  in  her  37th  year,  after  «ix  years  of  jtrotractcd  malady.  Her 
amiable  husband  wa«  a  member  of  the  Irish  narliamcnt-lMsfore  tlie  union  ; 
and  represented  the  county  of  Wicklbw  in  the  British  k>j^i»!atiire,  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  He  wrote  "  the  Statistical  History  of  t|ie  County  of  Kit* 
kenny,"  thick  8vo.,  1799,  and  wrote  it  well. 

Robert  Wood. — This  accomplished  scholar  and  statesman ^was  born  at 
Rivcrstown,  in  the  coiuity  of  Meatii,  Ireland,  in  1716.  He  travelled  through 
Greece,  Egypt,  and  Palestine— published  in  1753,  a^splendid  work  in  folio, 
eirtitlcd  "  The  Ruins  of  Palmyra,  or  Tadmor  in  the  Desert."— in  1757. "  The ' 
Ruins  of  Balbec,*'— and  his  Kssay  on  Homer's  Life  and  Writings  appeared 
after  his  death,  which  took  place  in  1771.  Lord  Chatham  appointed  him 
Under  Secretary  of  State  in  England,  in  1759,  and  his  works  have  been 
translated  into  French,  Spanisii,  German,  and  Italian.  *'  The  Ruins  "  were 
republished  in  French,  at  Paris,  in  1819. 

Lawremcc  Sterne.— This  humorous  and  satirical  writer,  a  clergyman  of 
the  Church  of  England,  was  Imni  at  Clonmell,  in  Ireland,  in  November, 
1713,  and  educated  at  Cambridge,  in  England.  His  father  was  a  lieuten- 
ant ill  the  British  army,  and  an  uuele,  a  prebendary  of  Durham,  obtained 
for  him  the  rectory  ot  Sutton,  while  his  wife's  interest  procured  him  ait- 
other  rectory,  or  living,  as  they  call  it  in  England.  For  the  first  twenty 
years  of  his  clerical  life  he  wrote  nothing  for  the  public,  except  tlie  History 
of  a  Watch  Coat.  Between  1759  and  1766,  he  wrote  Tristram  Shandy,  in 
nine  volumes,  in  a  BtyIe^;hiefly  Original  and<  very  pleasiiig.  In  1768  he 
produced  his  Sentimeutail  Journey,  a  vtrell  known  work,  even  more  enter- 
taining  than  Tiristrem.  Mr.  Stenie  was  also  the  atithor  of  four  volumes  of 
Sermons.  He  died  of  pulmonary  consumption,  in' March  1768,  leaving  a 
widow  and  one  daughter.  His  private  character  was  very  indiflerent,  and 
not  in  keeping  with  his  geniu^, "  affording  anpther  proof  that  the  power 
of  conceiving  and  expressiiig  strong  feelings,  by  no  miMins  implieathat 
they  will  infTitence  the  conduct"  ^  -  "^ 

The  works  of  Lawrence  ISteme  have  iiibreased  the  indebtedness  of 
America  to  the  men  of  learning  and  genius  who  were  cradled  in  the  Eme- 
rald Isle,  but  appearances  iudickte  that  the  chiMren  of  the  new  world  will 
amply  repay  the  pbligation.  -  -e^ 

John  Toland,  one  of  the  founders  of  modem  deism,  was  bom  in  the  north 
of  Ireland,  Nov.  30th,  1669,  and  educated  at  Redcastle,  near  Londonderry, 
from  whence  he  went  to  Scotland  in  1687.  He  was  educated  a  Catholic; 
studied  at  Glasgow,  Edinburgh,  Oxford,  and  Leyden:  and  possessed  an 
original  and  well-constmcted  mind.  He  denied  that  his, first  l:.great  work, 
**  Christianity  not  Mysterious,"  was  intended  as  an  attack  on  religion ;  it ' 
was  published  in  London  in  1696.  He  sqon  after  went  home  to  Ireland, 
where  tlie  pulpits  anathematized  hrm,^d']JHiblic  shunned  him,  a  jury  who 
owned  they  did  not  understand  his  book  condemned  it  to  the  flames,  the 
parliament  denounced  him  aibl  caused  his  work  to  be  burnt  by  the  Dublin 
turigman;  and  he  had  to  fly;  In  1698  he  wrote  Milton's  Life,  and  edited 
fe^. voluminous  politics:  declaring  himself  a. Whig,  and  a  trae  frie|id.to 
civil  a>id  religious  toleration.  His  trae  name  was  Janus  Junius  Toland, 
but  the  Irish  schoolmaster  shortened  it  to  Johii.  He  lived  aiid  died  an 
author  by^rofession ;  was  in  1703  at  the  Courts  of  Berlin  and/Hahover, 
where  he  was  received  with  great  resptict;  ,and  was  afterwards  patronized 
by  Lord  Oxford.  He  possessed  vast  erudition  and  great  powers  of  mind, 
.  and  is  the  author  of  155  books,  not  a  few  of  which  have  been  translated 
into  foreign  languages.  Des  Maiseauz  wrote  his  life,  which  is  prefixed  to 
his  posthumous  works ;  and  his  death  took  place  at  an  obscure  lodgings 
house,  ia  a  poor  carpenteifs  near  Loudon,  March  11, 1722.  -  \ 

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,  Our  land,  the  ftnt  garden  of  Libertv't  tree,  i 

Hm  been,  and  ahall  yet  be,  the  land  of  tile  free.— CAMriiLL. 

Thc  yenerable  Thomas  Tijenor,  an  extensive  (ind  Wealthv  shipowner  of 
Dublih,and  who  succeeded  I^rd  Edward  Fitzgerald  as  Treasurer  of  the 
United  Irish  Society,  when  his  lordship  was  appointed  Comitifuider-in- 
Chief  of  the  North,  is  perhaps  the  only  survivor  of  the  delegates  who/were 
arrested  at  Oliver  Bond's,  Dublin,  on^e  12th  of  March,  1798.  Hej^sides 
with  his  aged  spouse  in  the  city'^f  New  York«  and  is  indebtpd'^to  the 
friendly,  republican  spirit  of  the  American  government  for  aii/imicial  i|p- 
pointment  in  the. Customs,  the  duties  of  which  are,  1  trust,  fiot  very  bur* 
thensome,  for^the  incumbent  is  78  years  of  a^e.  The  narrative  of  his  per- 
sonal adventi»es  since  his  arrest  is  exceedingly  interesting,  and  throws 
additiqiial  lighton  ttie  history  of  the  eventful  period  in  which  his  j^ountij 
last  struggled  to  preserve  the  rank  of  an  independent  nation,  etren  to  the 
dbeddiug  of  blood.  ■"'     .. 

^  On  the  day  of  their  arrest  the  delegates  dined  at  Dublm  Castle,  with  an 
officer  placed  betw^een  ea^h  prisoner,  for  better  security.  Mr.  Trenor  was 
then  confined  in  the  Birmingham  Tower,Hn  the  Castle-yard,  along  with 
Messrs.  Bynle  and  MfCann  (who  were  executed),  and  remained  there 
several  weeks.  He  had  a  fine  roquelaure.'-or  cloak,  on  which  he  usually 
:  sat,  and  two  sentinels  stood  guard  continuatly  in  his  ptisOn  roonsu  Aii 
English  noblenuui,  fearing  that  the  sentinels  would  become  too  friendly  to 
the  prisoners,  complained  to  the  Castle,  and  they  were  ordered  to  stand 
outside.  Mr.  Trenor  from  this  moment  planned  his  escape.  He  asked  for 
some  hair-powder,  and  got  it ;  took  his  roquelaure  with  him  one  evening 
when  he  went  to  the  privy,  closely  pressed  to  his  body*  witliin  his  clothes,  so 
"^  that  it  was  unobserved  by  the  guards ;  and  while  tney  waited  at  the  door 
to  escort  him  back,  he  begm  talking  aloud,  and  himself  answered,  as  if 
several  persons  were  within,  hastily  powdered  his  hair  and  whiskers, 
changed  the  shape  of  his  hat,  unfolded  and  put  oh  his  roquelaure,  disguised 
his  voice,  walked  out  boldly,  passed  his  sentinel,  who  took  him  for  one  of 
the  captains  of  the  guard,  and  deliberately  departed  by  the  wicket-gate  of 
the  Castle,  which  was  closed  at  his  heels,  so  that  he  could  not  have 
-  escaped  had  he  been  a  minute  later.  His  guards  were  immediately  impri^ 
soned ;  the  authorities  were  positive  he  bad  bribed  them ;  and  when  he 
returned  to  Dublin  many  months  after,  they  were  ^till.  in  custody  on  his 
account  ;  ^ 

,  He  went  to  the  house  of  one  friend,  then  to  that  of  another,  and  had  not 
l^ft  the  first  place  three  minutes  when  a  company  of  soldiers  rushed  in  in 
search  of  him.  Next  night  he  actually  spent  in  the  house  of  the  informer, 
Thomas  Reynolds,  who  was  then  at  nis  country-seat  of  Kilkea  Castle,  a 
mock  prisoner,  the  better  to  deceive  his  brethren  of  the  United  Irish  Socie- 
ty. Mt.  Trenor  wrote  Reynolds,  telling  him  where  he  was ;  that  he  had 
caused  one  of  his  own  (Trenor's)  ship9  to  be  got  ready  for  sea;  and  that  if 
he  Oleynplds)  knew  where  Lord  Ed\md  Fitzgerald  was  hiding,  to  sand 
for  him ;  and  that  he  might  put  on  a  sailor's  dress  and  hat,  with  a  coil  of 
ropo  on  his  shoulders,  and  in  this  disguise  come  to  him  in  Dublin.  1.  J 
Reynolds  got  Trenor's  letter  he  wohld  instantly  have  informed  the  Irish 
government,  and  had  him  arrested  agaui ;  but  the  orange  soldiery  who 
guarded  the  former  thought  he  was  a  true  inaii,  and  that  the  arrest  was 
real,  and  would  neither  let  Trenor's  messenger  near  him,  nor  carry  him  any 
message.  This  saved  Trenor's  life.  He*  waited  long  for  Lord  Edvvard,  for 
whose  apprehension  a  great  reward  was  then  offered ;  but  finally  escaped 
firom  Dublin,  without  knowing  what  had  become  of  his  lordship^ 
Ukttu  Natumal  IntMigenter  of  the  year  180|^  find  the  following  brief 


■^ny  i-'lK3e-1!t-'>l4£T  "iMJf ■  ''JSSWBiStaSi*!!!! 


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THOMAS  TRENOR. 


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narratiwi  by  Mr.  Trtnior,  diitoj  tit  LnAsiiiffhurgh,  March  2n(l,  that  year : 
•'  (  huvo  f)ocii  four  yoars  sliut  up  in  a  dmigetm— i  was  arrested  in  the 
begiiitiiii<r  of  '98,  and  cirected  my  escape  from  Dnbl in  Castle;  1  got  on 
board  of  a  ship  of  my  own*. and  arrived  it  Norway;  thenco  parsed  tliro' 
Zealand  and  Germany;  I,got  to  France,  wliere  I  heard  that  an  expedition 
had  jnsr  sailed  for  Ireland.  I  then  made  the  best  of  my  way  to  Ham- 
liurgh,  and  entered  (as  a  common  ^rtilor^  on  board  of  a  vessel  bound  for 
Liverpool.  When  I  arrived  there  I'found  that  the  handful  of  French  (1087) 
that  landed  in  Killala,  after  having  performed  prodigies  of  valor,  were 
obliged  to  surrender— that  the  principals  of  their  Iri-'h  adherents  were 
hanged,  and  that  there  was  a  reward  of  five  hundred  guineas  for  my  ap- 
preliension— I  then  llc^  from  Liverpool  to  Cumberland,  in  the  xNorth  o\. 
England,  where  Pfrt^^vith a  friend,  and  partly  in  a  thick  wood  near  his 
house,  1  remained  mi^inonths,  at  the  end  of  which  time,  the  state  prison- 
ers then  confined  in  tp  different  jails  in  Dublin,  made  a  stipulation  with 
the  government  that  they  should  banish  themselves  for  life  to  tlie  United 
States,  and,  that  if  I  thought  proper  I  might  surrender  myself  on  the  same 
terms.  I  availed  myself  of  this,  snd  accordingly  gave  myself  up"  in  an,uii- 
hai)py  hour.  At  this  time,  federalism  (aristocracy)  in  this  country  was 
verging  fast  to  dissolution,  and  the  minister  from  this  to  the  court  of  St. 
James's  was  Rufus  King,  who  being  directed  (as  he  said)  by  his  govern- 
ment, preferred  a  memorial  or  protest  against  us;  and  easily  obtained  the 
promise  of  the  British  government  not  to  let  us  come  here  without  his  con- 
sent first  had  in  writing,  permitting  such  emigration !  There  were  two 
persons  of  our  party,  Henry  Jackson  and  John  Lynch,  who  through  the  in- 
terest of  some  duke  or  duchess  (I  suppose)  got  leave  to  come  toAmerica. 
\  alqo  wrote  to  Mr.  King,  and  received  an  answer,  that  •  as  I  was  so  highly 
ftBcommended,  if  I  would  transmit  him  a  petition  praying  for  leave,  he 
Mfoiiid  inclose  it  to  his  government,  and  he  made  no  doubt  (by  accompa- 
nying it  with  the  documents  which  he  then  held  in  my  favour)  but  that  1 
v^uld  obtain  the  desired  permission."  This  letter  I  answered,  telling  him, 
« that  I  never  would  so  solicit:  that  the  crime  I  had  committed  (by  the  bye 
he  made  use  of  the  wbi-d)  formed  in  my  mind,  his  country's  best  distinc- 
tioi^ ;  that  I  would  lie  in  jail  till  my  locks  grew  as  white  as  the  i'oatjMf  the 
ocei|iu,  and  other  such  language  ill-suited  to  a  courtly  ear.    hi  conse^irei 


nee 


I  lay,  in  jail  three  years  after  this  —in  the  mean  time,  the  great  philosopher 
was  .placed  at  the  head  pf  the  government  of  this  country,  but  Q«»iug  to 
8ome\  commercial  or  other  reason.  King,  was  not  recalled,  neither  could  we 
tell  at  that  distance,  and  shut  up  as* we  were  in  the  tomb  of  the  living,  but 
that  Mr.  Jclferson  also  coincided  in  our  exclusion  from  this  counlHry ;  being 
now  almost  four  years  in  close  confinement,  and  growing  grey  iQileed,  my 
affairs  iirderan;,'ed,  my  fortunes  broken,  my  (naturally  strong)  constitution 
beginnitjg  to  giye  way,  I  obtained  leave  t6  «o  to  Portugal.  I  had  a  little 
before  this  time  sold  seventeen  ships  and  bFigs  by  auction,  for  less  than 
half  their  value ;  the  remainder  of  thirty  two  of  which  I  was  entire  and  part 
owner  at^ie  time  of  my  arrest,  were  either  lost,  taken,  or  the  captains  took 
them  off,  and  I  never  heard  of  them ;  but  now  that  I  have  tune  to  make 
some  woeTul  calculations,  I  find  I  have  lost  about  120,000  dollars,  more  . 
than  half  of  which  I  could  have  saved  but  for  Mr.  King's  prohibition !  I 
took  my  family  to  Portugal,  where  I  remained  a  short  time  at  a  monstrous 
expence.  and  finally  got  to  America.  ,  •»«      t  /»•       _i; 

The  Natioml  Intelligencer,  then  the  official  paper  of  Mr.  Jeffer8on»« 
administration,  was  not  so  fearful  of  uttering  democratic  sentiments,  or  of 
sympathizing  with  the  friends  of  free  institutions,  as  some  official  papers 
have  been  on  more  recent  occasions.  If  it  would  have,  wiped  out  the 
dark  blot  on  Mr.  King's  character,  why  has  the  official  correspondence 
between  Mr.  Adams  and  his  minister  been,  to  this  hour,  so  carefully  con- 
cealed ?  The  ItUelUgencer  introduced  Mr.  Trenor's  letter  with  the  followmg 
remarks : 


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, that  year : 
psted  ill  the 
;;  1  );jat  on 
pfifsed  tliro' 
1  expedition 
ay  to  Ham- 
1  boniid  for 
reach  (1087) 
valor,  were 
lerents  were 
for  my  ap- 
ic  North  o( 
tni\  near  his 
itate  prison- 
Illation  with 
i  tlie  United 
[>n  the  same 
[p  in  an,uii- 
onntry  was 
conrt  of  St. 
his  govern - 
ihtained  the 
lout  liis  con- 
•e  were  two 
nigh  the  in- 
to America, 
'as  so  highly 
»  l£ave,  he 
y  accoinpa- 
r)  but  that  1 
telling  him,. 
(by  tiie  bye 
best  distinc- 
foaqajj^  the 
lonse^lence 
philosopher 
lit  calling  to 
ler  could  we 
3  living,  but 
nitty;  being 
ii^eed,  my 
constitution 
[  had  a  little 
or  less  than 
tire  and  part 
aptains  took 
me  to  make 
oUars,  more . 
thibition !  I 
a  monstrous 

.  JefTersonfe 
ments,  or  of 
licial  papers 
ped  out  the 
respondencc 
irefuUy  con- 
tie  following 


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THOMAS  TRENOR— rKTEtt   IVERS— WII,UAm/c>»RBITT. 


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youth.    Hisfriend  Ivers.  h/s^"StwSi^fi,^"eS'Sd''t''^''"ri^ 
peasant— enerffetic— brave    ar  n  iir.?,     Z^Lr.V  "^®  A®^*  old— the  son  of  a 

tnal  or  formal  sentence,  and  it  i^tJXbfp  ti.af  .?o  r^  P?^  ^"^V'^^'  "^"'^^"^ 

Morr,s,  and  Coloael  BlackweU  of    hrSdSrmv  S^^^^^  "^""^^ 

the  dishonest,  trafficking  senate  of  HaraCh  toTeZlfi^h    ^'?"  -'^  ^^ 

Corlfitt  stiam  more  sSK^Sra^l,.  S ,"  "  ."S  Sii'nM»-Trenor  mode 
«ame  was  Catharine  Eustace ;  she  ^^l^^^^'P^^^i^lf^ 


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TROMAI  TKKNOK. 


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V 


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merly  Lientonant-Govemor  of  Lowxr  ConaJo,  and  hill  many  relativwi 
among  the  il.)miimiil  party,  among  whom  Major-Gciierul  Euhtacc  was  not 

thn  Irnut  indiiciitial 


Li  Anirrica,  Mr.  Trenor  was  for  seventeen  years  an  cxtcnRive  manufac- 
turer  oi  iron  in  Vermont,  employinj?  about  160  pfrfonR  in  that  branch.  But 
the  vacillating  legislation  of  ConKru.-*»  prcvunti'il  Ins  ultimate  succcM.  His 
family  consisiod  of  his  wife  and  tlieir  seven  children.  Had  ho  not  escaped 
from  the  Caslle  i.r^vdt.  lie  wonld  have  l)cen  executed,  like  lus  coml-ades ; 
but  ho  is  snared  to  close  his  eyes  in  a  land  of  freedom,  in  the  midst  of  lus 
kindred  and  -dcKccndants,  in  peace  and  comfort.  I  le  is  large  and  well  built, 
and  must  have  been,  when  m  his  prime,  a  handsome  and  very  stout  and 
powenul  Hinn.  It  is  probably  God's  will  that  he  be  not  gathered^  lus 
fathers  until  the  loved  land  of  his  youth  is  emancipated.  It  is  «istomary 
to  accuse  poor  men  of  engaging  in  perilous  enturwrizes  with  a  view  to  im- 
prove their  personal  fortunes,  but  Mr.  Trenor  risked  life  in  youth,  and  pnt 
at  hazard  domestic  comfort  and  great  wealth,  that  he  might  increase  the 
happiness,  or  rather  that  he  might  remove  the  misery,  of  millions  less  fa- 
vored tlian  himself.*  And  as  success  failed  to  attend  his  pauiotic  efforts,. it 
is  highly  honorable  to ftesident  Jackson  that  he  jilaced  in  an  easy  situauon, 
in  the  decline  of  life,  this  proscribed  son  of  the  Emerald  Isle. 

In  politics  Mr.  Trenor  is  a  Jeflersonian  democrat.  He  was  the  inend  and 
supporter  of  Dc  Witt  Clinton  till  the  hour  of  his  death,  and  cherishes  his 
memory  as  tliat  of  a  true  friend  to  his  country  and  mankind. 

Though  banished  from  Ireland  for  ever,  Mr.  Trenor  obtained  permission 
from  the  British  governmsnt,  in  1832,  to  spend  nuietv  days  in  Dublin,  under 
Uie  eye  of  the  royal  police,  for  the  settlement  of  certaui  urgent  private 
affairs.  His  old  enemy,  Mmor  Sirr,  gave  him  a  hearty  welcome^^  he  dined 
and  chatted  with  Daniel  CConnell ;  shed  a  tear  o'er  the  graves  of  his  an- 
cient comrades  in  a  revolt  which  cost  England  a  hundred  mdlions  of  dol- 
lars, and  Ireland  many  thousands  of  her  noblest  sons ;  took  a,  long,  a  last 
fttfewell  of  the  shores  of  his  native  Erin,  the  s<;eiie  of  his  early  joys  aiid 
sorrows ;  and  returned  to  Columbia,  the  honie  of  his  childreii,  to  await  m 
l^tience  tlic  fiat  of  his  Creator  in  the  land  of  the  fearless  and  free 

Though  dark  roll  oenn't  thousand  waves 

Upon  her  distant  shore, 
The  land  that  holds  our  fathers' graves 
•  Strong  memoiy  shall  restore. 

» 

i  The  firteads  we  left-'i-the  scenes  we  loved, 

la  early  freshness  rise ;  '. 

And,  like  warm  tears  When  souls  aie  moved, 
'      They  dim  yet  bless  our  eyes. 

Agaia  we  hail  thrinoraing  smoke 

Of  home's  dear  hallowed  hearth ; 
We  hear,  the  lark'i  bfithe  strain,  that  woke 

To  lift— ta  love— to  mirth. 

Oh,  fcir  and  fcr  the  vision  glows—  .  t      -  , 

Home's  greeting  throng  appears: 
Once  more  we  pluck  the  sweet  wild  roe* 
«  We  plucked  in  former  years! 

W        It's  balmy  dew  Is  on  our  che^,  * 

Pure,trembUng,  glistening,  clear; 
Ah,  no  i— too  phun  the  mo|stener  speaks ; 
'tis  still  the  Exile's  tear  t 


Yet  fill— fill  high— while  memory's  light 

That  tribute-tear  illumes ; 
'T  will  lead  her  wdnilerer,  e'en  at  night, 

^Vheie  Erin's  Shanupck  bkwms. 


V. 


"W 


'%'; 


*r*.» 


any  relativw 
titacc  U'UA  not 

live  manufac- 
i  bronch.  But 
8UCCCM.  Hin 
t!  not  cscnpod 
lis  com^-uues; 
3  midst  of  his 
intl  wi:\\  built, 
rcry  stout  and 
itheretWo  lus 
I  is  ciii8tomaiy 
a  view  to  im- 
outii.  and  wt 
it  increase  the 
lillions  less  fa- 
riotic  efTortflxit 
easy  situation, 

the  friend  ami  , 
cherifdics  his 

ed  pcrmissioTi 
Dublin,  under 
urgent  private 
tme-r  he  dined 
ve8  of  his  an- 
lillions  of  dol- 
aJoug,  a  last 
early  joys  and 
!n,  to  await  ia 
i  free 


xanmsiior  ci^c«-.s.  p.  lajiotiixk.  *       96 


ARClIBISII^aP  USIIKJI. 

JninM  UMhor.  pmtrstnnt  ar<i.bis|,o|;  of  Arn.nj:li.  and  primate  c.f  Ireland 

jaiinnry  utii.  15H().     ths  notions  ol  stat(>  irovenuiidiii  u  oro  nitht-r  iloHiiniic 

"m '"  liaS  -'"'rr-'-""  ""•/•'•"rvl.  he  vcr.eU'  .Jvv'r.u'Xb  V  S-' 

..,.;    1  X      T  '^  •"*•    ''>^  "«'  ^"y^'  »»''>''y  «'<"-inj,'  the  tivll  w«rs    lie  W1U4 

Miv.tod  Uy  Curd.na    Ui<r!iH,oi.  to  .ottlo  it.  Kru.ice.     Cronw'cl   had\^ 

It    tii.i^   and    Now  .  n-stamciif— a    Body    of    Oivinitv— tlie    IliNtorV    of 
.rotPsc^ac-a  Treatise  o„  tho  S..pfn,i-.nt.  Ac.     !!«  \va."  ^aio  is  «2u«« 

luH  ow,  „ect.  Dr  Jolmson,  with  ;?oo<l  Vause.  dosiRiiaVs  U-l  r  r  ••  tho 
px-at  Ifnunmryo  tho  Ir.sh  Chnr.1.  •  II,.  library  of  ,oo,VvluL  a^m 
bestowed  on  Dnbl,,,  Coll.,«e.  Dr.  J'whrr  wrts  a  creat  an  1 1^  r  U  m  li ve^ 
man  ..Itompcrate nffc.  H.-dit^d  Mar.h21»lfi5«.  His  l-i.^:  J  *« n"  \^n 
Jo,,^  tjHHKu  was  bom  ...  n.,blin  abont  1528.  a..d  wtis  may  r  of  0^27; 
m  1 .074.    flc-^fote  ••  De  Reformat ioiie  lliberuiii;."  ^  ^ 

.„i*?"'l     "I^"  T"  •'""'  "«"  ^"'^''"  '»>  »''^";  of  the  samn  family  as  the 
archlnshop  but  fie  xyas  a  catholic,  the  so.,  of  a  fanner.  ^ieZk^,°!cit'R 
orders  m  the  church,  a.id  l^cam6  a  very  snccts«r„I  teaehrr  of  vo uth    u 
Lo.i.lo.r.     He  dwjd  .n.t?^.  ai^d  his  writings,  which  are  elJeant  i.Sons 
and  .noral.  are :  A  Treatise  on  a  Newr  Syste^of  I'hdLphy-uS  bv  a 


S.   D..LANGTREE. 
Jills  gentleman,  who,  with  Mr.  John  L.  CSullivan,  established  that  abla 

par  1837,  was  a  native  of  the  north  of  Ireland,  a  son  of  the  C  Mat^hliS 
Lan},nree.  a  distmjfuished  WesleyaiuninistcMhere.  Me  camJ^to  NeS  S 
about  the  year  1832.  where  he  hadJiLritorial  cUge  of  t W?ckerbo^k5\ 
Magazine  foir  a  short  time,  and  aJnTrds  assisted  Colo  el  Snein^oSf 
du,.t...g  the  literary  de|.artment  ofTfte  Commerdial  Advertiser  iS  ms  he 
,.re.  oved  to  Washnigton-joined  Mr.  O'Sullivan  in  edlUng  "  the  Jletro! 
pol.ta.,,"  a  political  jonnial-next  embarked  in  that  important  undertoki^ff 
^lio  Democratic  Review-printed  and  published  the  Madison  K«f£ 
Congress-and  filially  retired  to  his  farm  on  the  JamerSiier  in  \?S?nS 

rte/"  *n^f"  "'"'  ^""""^  "'"«»*•  *»«  «>'««»  of  bilious  fever  hi  IsJi  £ 
the  noonday  of  life,  as  true  a  patriot,  and  as  kind  a  friend  as  ever  man  S 
counirv  mourned.  His  general  character  was  humaie  and  WoSS  he 
was  of  mild  and  gentle  manners,  and  social  habits,  and  had  recSvS  an 
edncation  that  em.iienUy  qualified  him  for  the  correct  perforaS  ,rf  th" 
duties  of  a  critic  and  literary  censor.  """uuiii,e  oi  ine 

Although  I  had  but  a  slight  acquaintance  with  Mr.  Lanetree  he  wtote 
™?,."'?uL'^""V^''''«  '  *■» »"  Pf'«»»  i'«  Rochester,  o.  a^hS  connX^ed 
xviththe^  Canada  troubles,  expressing  the  kindest  sympK  for  mv 
situation  and  Uiat  of  my  family-aiid  his  efforts  to  persuadrMessre  vJX 
Bnren.  Forsyth,  t^.,  to  shorten  the  duration  of  my  confinSment,  oMessSn 
Its  hardships,  were  imwearied.*    In  a  letter,  dated  \V«,hington.&»pt.S     , 

•  In  iMking  otct  my  correapondrace  with  Mr.  Lanirtree.  I  find  inliia  lettot.  m...  -.l 
dcnce.  of  a  deep  and  abiding  (Kteroat  in  the  n„ostion  of^Sn^dianfreSdom  lS7^'^ 
a  number  of  the  Dcmmratic  Review,  he  «,«..<  i  herewiih  wXSe  dicui^r  )^^ 
mg  the  Carolinc.atiU,  alaa.  ua.vcnge'd  !   rfeie  w«n.  »mc  C  t^ijS^^TTS; 


'W 


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t.   O.   LANCTRKC. 


183f».  ho  conveyed  to  me  the  pleasin?  assiirancq  thai  even  my  trivinl  sufTcf 
ing».  ill  ilic  Krcat  caune  of  hitiiuiii  treed om.vi'cre  not  ovirlooUcd  by  iwino  ot 
Irelaiid'H  truuHt  frieiida.     "  Tlic  widowol  Theobald  Wolfc  Tone,  lb>«  illuu- 
trious  Irish  patriot,"  said  lie,  *•  i*topt  aWpy  house  soniu  time  siii^e  to  express 
her  detep  regret  and  iiidi!,'in!\ioii  that  Buch  ^  conviciioTi  as  yonrs  sliould 
have  iHjeii  recorded  in  America.     She  sweined  to- feel  a»  the  deepest  pa|pl 
of  the  humiliation,  the  jilunHnre  it  would  dilluse  in  Ensland.  .  IhiH  Uidy,  _ 
with  whom  so  many  memories  ar«  connected,  lives  in  this  nciKhborhood, 
creatly  admired  and  respected— and  her  heart  is  as  warm  tend  her  head  a»  , 
clear  as  in  tiie  few  sunny  days  of  her  youth,  whcii  the  radiance  of  8* — 

Stootxitny  of  Uic  article  on  Lonl  Dnrham'i  Report  which  IsentyoO.    ivsrijh  you  would 
nd  room  lor  thu  slitjlil  tribute  which  it  pay»  loPhpinvBdr  rtiiul  boino  thoughta  ot  Mkiog      , 
vou  to  review  llea.lV  Report  lor  lis  in  like  iiiomier,  Ijiit  with  tbtn»il<liti<mai  richn«?«ii  otjout 
own  i)er»onal  uml  hintoricul  uciiu-.iiiilanco.with  ihofubjecl— I  am  now  toinewhkt  amid  the 
■nbiect  inav  be  stale."  "  .  .,  .'.  -- 

In  aiioih'r  letter,  dated  WashlnRton,  Sept.  1ft,  1839,  he  remind*  un  that  ho  wai  among 
the  firat  id  break  ground  agaitot  the  recently'eiploded  pontaR.-  symein,  winch  eiicourutted 
enormous  expenditure.,  opprcucd  all  letter  writers  that  were  not  privileged,  and  retarded 
the  uroirreM  61  trade  and  inanuractureR,  and  upheW  an  idle  and  uftrlens  army  ol  elerhn,  >■• 
al.taiit.,kc.,at  the  public  expense.  "  I  be*"  wiy*  he,  "  that  until  we  can  confer  th* 
franking  privilege  ou  the  nation,  by  redueing  the  iK«tage  to  the  dtiiiocrat|«  itaiidard  of  a 
cmt  wt  letterr-in  which  good  cause,  having  broVeu  groufld,  1  h«|.c  you  will  HAtaiii  the 
Democratic  Review— that  youwiU  make  your  lett*rrK  noinlire  ol  a  charge  to  you  than  pur 
tluK  them  into  the  post-otlice."  Our  olKcialu  upend  Komc  I«  to 20 millions  of  doitett  ao;eai 
on  war.  and  ita  materials,  though  we  have  no  one  to  light  with,  but  when  M*.  Preston  King, 
Mr.  Greeley,  and  othera  pushed  on  Congress  the  chtiip  poKtagt  syHtcm,  the  slave-lioliliug 
south  oppoaed  it— succeeded  in  the  ten  cent  voHj— and  Prisideni  I'olk  pliicljd  one  ot  the 
moat  determined  opponents  of  cheap  postugp  irt  the  olUcc  ..t;  postmaster  .gooernl,  to  or- 
inniso  a  system  which  Its  enemies  had  prophesievJ  that  C..tigre»«  woyld  recede  |rom' 
Cheap  postage  is  one  of  the  great  and  powerful  weapons  by  whiqh  eicctlvc  inilUutions  arc  ' 
to  be  upheld  for  the  general  goo<l.  .     »  .     ,  .   j.u         „  _  j 

I  hiul  been  confined  in  prison  fourmoittbs,  and  .not  once  in  thnt  time  hod  I  been  allowed 
to  cross  the  iron  threshoM  of  my  uimrtihent.  Mir.  Laugtree  says, '  1  o-inorrow,  I  wi"  •«: 
Mr  Grundy,  «nd  think  there  can  be  ho  manner  of  doubt,  but  tlmt  your  cnndrtmn  wiU  be 
made  a*  comlortoble  as  pooaible,  if  it  is  at  all  in  his  powt'r.  I  do  not  see  indeed,  why  you 
ihObld  not  be  allowed  as  much  liberty  as  would  be  compatible  with  the  broadest  coimtruc- 
tlon  of  political  duresse."    •  '.       .•  u  . 

On  the  13tli  of  Oclober,he  wrote  again.  "Mr.  Gnindv  has  no  power  whatever  in  yojir 
matter.  The  Secretary  of  State, or  the  Prcsi.lent,  he  told  me,  were  nl<>iie  coinj)etent  to  in- 
terfere. To  .the  former,  (forsyth  of  t:corgia).  I  applie.l,  but  he  took  so  little  pm»  to 
show  an  extreite  distaste  tor  tlie-Kubicct,  tlwt  I  cut  the  interview  short,  feeling  it  perlccUy 
hopeleaa.  as  far  as  he  was  concerned.  Failing  in  this  quarter,  wliere  Irom  constitutiosal 
coMnesa  and,  probably,  southern  pretfilcctiops  which  tend  to  the  antipodes  ot  the  aiinexa. 
tion  of  Oinada,  little  was  to  Ih>  expected,  I  wrote  fully  tonn  inlliiential  Iriend  »t  New  \  ork, 
■nd  enclosed  to  him  your  letters,  for  the  purpose  oljiaviiic;  the  whole  sidyect  brought  be- 
fore  the  President,  under  the  most  titvorablc  and  ufrfwrfrful  auspices.  In  the  last  rchori,  wr 
wUl  place  the  matter  iu  such  a  light  in  the  Deip^ratic  Review,  as  wiU  concentrate  upun  t. 

'  •  weight  of  public  opinion  that  iimst  have  a  lavorabic  result.  ...     , .        ,  . 

Your  letter  to  the  shcrilT,  waaa  ijowerful  production,  and  must  make  him  writhe.  I  do 
BOt  blame  you  for  resorting  to  that,^or  any  similar  means  of  resenting  the  uninanly  perse- 
cution with  which  these  oHicials  seem  to  dog  you,  in  a  spirit  so  uiiw«.rthy  our  mstituiions 
Mr  Forgvth  told  me  he  thought  youif,  eiilargemciitjiy  the  Execuiivf  alr(l^ciller  improlmble. 
Could  vou  write  me  a  ^'Td  article  on  thp  couditiOB  and  pro8p«-cts.  of  the  popular  cat;s^u»^ 
•  England,  i.e.  the  Cliartlsts?  As  lor  tUo^wiU-tryasiiry  bill,  t  wonUI  not  give  it  even  siij.port 
witMitthe  specie  c  liii: e.  As  one  in:in,  I  trust  our  party  will  lie  toiind  vnmn  lor  this  vita^ 
featurew  Tli<-  iniicliiiierv  of'wparation,  the  Irtcks,;fault8,  &c.,  I  rcijnr.l  ;ik  !i,lt<.gell.rr  iicii. 
'-'essentias,  which  miuiil  he  very  readily  tlrfnwn  biit'asa.sop  »<>  the  LanL.iv^  '}^^'-''""^^,- 

'  r\    ,1       isi  ni"  »'         ' "  •  ■■■-—"•'■  ».».ti.»...l  i«5  .»"!•  t'nr  »li..   vi-hl  nl   Ihp    Ni 

Stars,  [copies! 

first  time,  on  tne  wothuikh  •"  m':  iiij"""a.  ...«:•»  ".  .^...s<"—-     — .".T,'  ;  ;. ".  '  i   T. 

solution,  energy,  niid  iJffsisTcrance !    The  spasms  ot  ilie  great  pajicr  »>"hble  (;||*;";';|J;-<|J" 


liich  mitjiil  tie  very  readily  tlrfnwn  biittis  a.  sop  to  the  l.an..  .iv^  iiitereM. 

of  Nov.  he  wrote  "  1  am  much  obliged  l»*  you  for  tlic  si^M  ol  the  N.)i  •.nen. 

i  of  Fcargus/ O'Connor's  Leeds  iiapcij.    Tiiey  opened  the  curtain  to  iiu;  ix>i'  tl..- 

1  the  workings  ol'  tlin  national  mass  oi'  Kn-jjjuul.  Wlrit  a  field  is  t'lere.  (or  re- 
solution, energy,  niid  iSfksTcrance  !  The^pasms  of  llie  great  pajn-r  bubble  (.jis-teiidoil  t.. 
burstlnK.by  'tKo  z.-al  with  \v«hich  every  party.  Whig  and  Tory,  have  aprhed  Pitt  s  iiiachi- 
aery ) ,  as  it  rocks  and  sways  to  and  fro,  with  Uie  workhigs  of  this  dread  p<a)ulurj  agita'.ion , 
arc  indeed  full  of  fearful  irilerost."  *  ,    j     .,' 

Mr.  Langtree  had  several  interviews  with  Mr.  Van  Buren,  relative  to  my  rel^ajle,  Uie  par. 
ticulars  of  which  1  may  detail  elsewhere.    The  cabinet  also  discussed  tlie  matttlr.    An  im- 
vrisonracitt  without  cause,  wss  not  thus  to  be  terminared— but  when  200,000  sigtt-atures  hstK 
iMon  attached  to  mcmocials  for  my  release,  and.  the  period  of  a  le-elcction  app^chcd.  Uto 
pbaaa  doors  were  opened,  and  my  penccntioa  was  at  an  cod.      ^  ,  •  y.  J«  M. 


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OtOROC  iiMNIMO,  FATRM  AMD  loW. 


97 


vmlnuffet 
by  w>ino  of 
!,  \\ip  illllb- 

I  to  express 
lira  fliiuuld 
sepest  pa|pi 
Thi»  Uidy,  , 
jfhborhood, 
ler  head  a» 
Mice  oj^  6a 

*h  you  would 
htK  of  aHklng 
Unnti  of  voui 
ittafnid  the 

M)  was  among  " 
b  ciivouruuej 
,  and  rptardcd 
ol*  rlcrkD,  as* 
an  confer  the 
•tandard  of  a 
ill  MAtain  the 
you  than  pur* ' 
iIoll«ri  a-year 
Prrtton  King, 
!  Riave-holdiug 
ltd  one  of  the 
i;oncrnl,  to  or- 
ri'codn  from ' 
nylUutions  arc    ' 

been  allowed 
row,  I  will  aec 
iilitinn  will  be 
krA,  why  yoM 
ulcHt  coiuttruc- 

latrrer  in  yojir 
iinjictent  tn  in- 
little  pains  to 
ing  it  perfectly 
I  constitutional 
uf  the  annria- 
1  at  New  York, 
:t* brought  be- 
last  renort,  wr 
icntrate  upuu  u 

1  writhe.    I  do 

uniiutnly  pente- 
[)ur  institutions  ' 
lor  iinprobni'le,, 
I'pulur  cat;s>^ii*' 
it  even  Mi;ipon 
IS  for  this  vita! , 

!l,ltl>K<'lhrr  uoii- 

iiitert'^l." 
r  the  NiU'.iieti. 
in  to  iiu!  i'nr  tl."' 
is  t'lero.  ('or  r<- 
le  ((lis.ti'inl«;<l  tu 
•d  Pitt's  ninchi- 
j)uiur|  agitation, 

relfa<|c,  tlic  par. 
inatttjr.  An  im- 
)  big^uturcs  htty 
ipprWhcd.  th« 


y 


bria;>it.and  ftuitpiniotts  at)  era  of  political  regenerfttibn  as  ever  dawned  upon 
inafikimi  neetncd  streamitig  from  her  own  heart  and  homestead  ujpon  4a 
cnmptiired  and  enthusiastic  people."        * 

May  she  live  to  see  thfe  land  Of  her  fatlicrs  "great,  glorious,  and  free," 
as  the  country  of  hor  adoption !     -  .  ^    ,  ' 

\Vith  a  tnie  and  honest  heart,  a  noble  en^thnsteJuniatlio  ransc  of )inman 
happincM^4»4»wrm  Jiiid  vividsiragjriiJatioiirM^^  of  the  future 

deimny'^this  lively  world  of  ours,  Mr.  lAngtree  penned  some  of  the 
most  fcpletidid^  articled,  in  the  Democratic  {leview  nnu  other  American  pc- 
riodicaTs.  Like  Lea;!»ctt'f  reminiscences  thejtarc'eyery  way  worthy  of  pre5*. 
ervutidii,  and  we  trust  that  some  kindred  spirit  will  'underta!ke-th^  pleasing 
task  of- coIlecti|ig  and  arranging  them  ,fqr  llie  press,  with  a  life  of  the 
gi/tcd  author/'  '  '    '"*  . 

I  have  said  ihat  his  lieart  beat  high  with  cheering  hope  of-  human  hap- 
pinessv-neeJ  I  add,  that  he  was  a  democrat .'  Such  was  his  'political 
creed.    Not  of  that  school,  how«ver,  wlio^deign  to  adopt  litid  use  the  ma- 

-  chine  of  government  as  an  orpinize'd  means  of  public  pluijder—npr  of 
those  who  spen'd  their  lives  endeavouring  to  bring  confusion  and  mystery 

,  into  the  currency,  the  taritf,.and  the  law,  and  to  (^ncouratre  oxtravaganee 
in  dress,  dis.solutenpss  in  manner^;  and  aiprofu8e(cxpen(diturG  for  the  gain' 
of  a  fe^^,  out  of  the  blood  and  sweat  of  iiqured  miHions  With  the  trading 
democracy  of  our  tim^,  who  live  byjieeming,  an4  evencover  a  multitude 
of  iniquities  willi  the  mantle  of  Jelfersou,  nrofessing  the  creed  of  the  free, 
the  better  to  deceive,  entrap  and  enslave,  the 'pure  spirit  of  S.  D.  LAngtree 

°  had  110  affinity.  He  loved  as  his  life  the  free  institutions  of  America. 
May  t\iey  outlive  the  assaults  of  'pretet}(led  friends  and  avowed  enemies. 


n 


/GSaRGE  CANNING.   Fathbe  aho  "S 


ON. 


cnea,  ut< 
L.M. 


GcoRC^  CANNiNh,  father  of  fbe  emtnent  statesman  of  that  name,  was  an 
unfortunate  litefSKjichar»ctei*^born  fftGarvagh,  Londonderry  county,  Ire-'' 
land,  ill  tlie  year  1745.  Hewas  opeii  hearted,  gobd  natured,  cateless  of 
inqney,  and  married  a  handsome  woma»,  of  Irish  birlh  or' origin,  without 
fortune;  removed  to  London  and  studied  law ;  was  called  t©  the  bar,  but 
did  hot  obtain  practice ;  wrote  severahpoems  of  merit,  and  clever  jpolitical 
tracts,  and  became  ai*parti8«m  of  John  Wilkes,  and  companicii  of  WJiite- 
head,  Keate.  Churchill,  Lloyd,  and  the  elder  Colman.  Mr.  Canning .  after- 
wards turned  wine-merchalit,  an  occupation  very  ?ll  adapted  to  his  free 
and  easy  habits,  soon  failed  in  business,  and  died  of  a  broKen  heart  en  the 
1 1th  of  April,  1771,  leaving  his  infant  son,  the  future  premier  of  England,^ 
precisely  a  year  old,  andiiis  widowiiin  such  straitened  crircuiftstancea,  that 
after  trying  to  earn  a  scanty  siibsistencd  by  teaching  a  small  djiy-school, 
she  hade  to  turn  actress  to  obtain  support  for  herself  and  boy.  She  married 
a  Mr.  Reddish,  an  actor  at  one  of  the  I^ondoiWUieatres.  Her  third  husband 
was  a  gentleman  of  t^e  name  of  Hunn.    *,     ll . ; 

When  fortune  favored  her  aspiring  son  he  was  very  kind  to  his  old' 
mother.  She  nursed  him  in  want  and  penury,  and  haiCHhe  satisfaction  to 
witness  his  literary  triumphs,  and  splendid-political  career,  and  to  share  ia 
her  old  age  in  tite  many  comforts  which  power  and  alBuenc6  can  readily 
procure.  ^      •  ^  ,        >  ' 

Georoe  Canmimo,  only  son  of  the  above,  was  bom  m  an  obscure  tene- 
ment in  Ldbdou;  on  the  Uth  of  April,  1770,  and  educated  at  Ej^and  Ox- 
-ford.  He  obtained  a  seat,  in  the  House  of  Conunons  for  Nev^port,  in  179^ 
when  only  23  years  old"— studied  law,  but  was  never  called  to  the  bar— ^ 
wrote  "  the  Pilot  that  Weathered  the  Storm,"  in  1800,  and  the  poem  of 
"  New  Mon^lity,"  soon  after.  His  correspondence  with  Albert  Gallatin  on  , 
Amehcau  aSain,  was  highly  creiditlrible  to  the  talents  of  both  gentlemen  t^' 


m 


/ 


>^ 


'98 


CEOROE  CANKIKO^ 


I:f! 

i 

! 


but  it  is  evident  from  the  whole'  tenure  of  his  life,  that  Mr.  Canning  had 
no  faith  ih  the  firmness,  capacity  and  intelligence  of  the  American 'people 
to  carry  into  practical  operation  the  admirable  theory  of  their  popular  sysT^ 
tem  of  government.  He  a.'s.serted,  and  doubtless  believed,  ^  at  IcWt 
feared,  that  tinder  the  pleasing  forms  of  democracy  the  mass^  would 
.liltimutely  find  themselves  subjugared  to  the  yoke  of  alternate  factions  of 
artful  politicians,  lawyers,  brokers,  bankers,  organized  iiricsthoods,  traders 
in  constitutions,    monopolists,  state-quacks,,  and  other  dealers  in  men's 

■  lives  and  fortunes.  Such  also  peemed  to  be  the  latest  view  taken  by  Ed- 
mund BurUe,  and  it  was  the. impression  which  a  view  of  life  and  maimers  in 
Ai^erican  society  left  ort  the  mind  of  Thomas  Moore,  where  he  asserts  that 
the  people  lacked  wisdom  to  choose  wise  and  faithful  rulers  and  luw- 

•  givers.     Let  no  man  take  umbrage  at  the  candor  of  such  men,  but  let  every 
true  friend  of  elective  institutions  strive  to  extend  the  blessings  of  a  liberal 
education  to  every  section  of  the  Union. 
On  the  death  of  Mr.  Pitt,  and  th^advent  of  Mr.  Fox  to  power,  in  1806, 

,  Mr.  Canning  resigned  the  office  of^reasurer  of  the  Navy,  to  which  the 

►  former  had  appointed  him.    When  Mr.  Fox  .died,  Mr.  Canning  became 

>  Secretaryof  State  for  foreign  affair.-^,  his  friend  Jenkinson  (Lord  Liverpool) 
Hoipe  Secretary,  and  Lord  Castlereagh  minister  for  the  colonies.  Canning 
aud  Castlereagh  quarrelled  about  the  unfortunate  expedition  to  Walcheren, 

\  and^  fought  a  duel,  in  which  Mr.  Ellis  (Lord  Sea  ford)  was  Mr.  Canning's 
\  second.  Fn  1812,<I  think,  Mr.  C.  went  out  to  Lisbon  a^  the  King's  Am- 
\  bafisador— became  President  of  the  Board  of  Control  in  1816— and  in  1822 
was  appointed  Governor  Gencml  of  India,  b^ui  did  not  leave  England, 
liord  CastleftJSTgh's  self-immolation  required  his  (Canning's)  services  once 
more  in  the  Foreign  Office;  and  on  hts  friend  Liverpool's  death,  the  nation, 
with  an  unanimity  which  even  the  republicans  searcoly  iiitcrrupteii,  called 
him  to  the  premiership  of  England.  The  plans  he  proposed  for  tlfe  gene- 
ral a<lvancement  of  liberty,  intelligence.'  and  happilieas  everywhere,  aud 
for  the  honor  and  welfare  of  his  counti^  wefe  worthy  of  his  high  charac- 
ter and  splendid  talents.  When  we  compare  the  Cannings,  the  Burkes, 
and  the  Foxes  oilEugland,  >yith  the  Jeflersous,  the  Hamiltons,the  Dunopns, 
and  the  Clintons'of\|^  Union,  it  is  buUust  that  we  take  into  carefultionr j 
sideration  the  differences  that  existed  ift'th?  situations  in  which  they  wei^: 
-respectively  placed.  «  ,        ■        ,   I  •■' 

It  is  evjdenrthat  the  liberal,  enlightehed,  and  intellectual  portion  of  the 
British  c6nlmuhity,  who  fondly  desire  an  amelioration  of  their  political  in- 

•  stitutions  without  the  intervention  of  a  violent  revolution,  looked  with  hope 
and  confidence  to  Mr.  Canning's  advent  to  power— Byron  immortalized  his 
■'  name— even  Brougham,  his  great  antagonist,  was  hushed  to  silence.  But 
the  intolerant,  the  bigoted,  the  avaricious,  and  meanly-proud,  hiirrassed  his 
<  spirit,  branded  and  proscribed  him  as  an  adventurer  becanse  born  to  no 
hereditary  fortune,  tliwarted  his  benevolent  views,  blighted  his  genius, 
vexed  his  noble^soul,  broke  his  heart,  and  hunted  him,  as  it  were,  to  an 
early  grave.    A  few  generous  spirits,  men  with  large  and  lofty  thoughts 

>_.Spnd  patriotic  feelings,  who  shared  his  aspirations  for  the  moral  greatness 

•^  of  England;  and  ••  hoped  t6  see  her  banner  ever  in  the  van  of  civilization, 
everiu  the  front  rank  of  the  march  of  human  improvement."  c^sj^d' 
around  him  to  fight  his  battle  against  the  many.  Becausethey  wCTe  few,. 
h,e  was  branded  as  acaballer  and  intriguer.  He  powerfully  advocated 
catholic  emancipation  for  Ireland— th,e  abolition  of  the  slave  trade  for  chris- 
'tianity— a  return  of  the  glorious  days  of  Themistocles  an4jAlcibiades, 
AgPHilnin^amLLycurgiiB^  for  Greece—ftU^  th^  recnfrmUQU  of  ijpopendence 


'1^ 


■^i 


1 


(or  South  America. 
Mr.  Cannmg's  faults 


and  failings  were  manifold.    I  leave  it  to  others 


more  fully  to  discuss  them.  This  brief  sketch  is  but  an  index,  guiding  and 
directing  the  inquiring  mind  to  those  more  ample  and  usefiil  records  where 
his  words  and  actions  are  fully  and  impartially  stated  anaset  forth.    • 


ning  had 
111  'people 
)ular  sysy 
at  Ic^ 
ag  would 
ictioiis  of 
s,  traders 
ill  men's 
1  byEd- 
aiiiiers  in 
seits  tiiat 
uid  law- 
let  every 
r  a  liberal 

,  in  1806, 
bicli  the 

became 
iverpool) 

Csliiiiiiig 
alcheron, 
]!anuing's 
ig's  Am- 
l  in  1822 
England, 
ces  once 
le  nation, 
?4,  called 
he  gene- 
lere,  and 
li  cliaran- 
!  Burkes, 
Ounopup, 
efultion-  J 
ley  wei^ 


'!^ 


1 


m  of  the 
litical  in- 
I'ith  hope 
tlized  his 
ice.  Hut 
assed  his 
jrn  to  no 
s  genius, 
jre,  to  an 
thoughts 
greatness 
ilization, 
cl«itei*il> 
t'CTc  few,.^ 
dvocated 
for  chris- 
cibiades, 
pendence 


y 


ROBERT   HOLMES. 


9» 


Than  Mr.  Canning  there  have  been  few  more  elegant  orators  in  British 
history,  fn  the  House  of  Commons  he  was  the  soul  of  wit.  I  regret  that 
he  opposed  the  repeal  of  the  test  otifhs  required  of  dissenters  hi  those  days, 
ftnd  exhibited  no  enlarged, or  liberal  views  of  social  reform.  Yet  who  can 
wonder  at  his  course,  when  we  behold  learned  and  intellecttial  statesmen 
in  America,  in  1845,  coming  forward  to  head  a  faction  o(  nativists,  whi> 
would  proscribe  the  European,  yet  cling  to  British  laws  and  usages,  and 
give  us  a  dominant,  privileged,  sectarian  hierarchy,  to  persecute  the  minod- 
ty, liecause  of  their  faith ! 

Mr.  Canning  niarried  in  1799,  Joan,  a  daughter  of  General  Scott  of  Edin- 
burgh, (whose  sister  married  the  Duke  of  Portland,)  and  two  sons,  and  a 
daughter  (the  Marcjiioness  of  Clanricarde.)  survived  his  death,  "Which  was 
caused  by  lumbago,  and  accompanied  with  pains  so  acute  thai  his  cries 
and  screams  could  be  heard  distinctly  at  a  considerable  distance  from  Dev- 
onshire House,  for  several  hoius  before  his  wouudcd  spirit  parted  from  its 
clay  tenement.  During  his  illness,  his  wife,  who  .tendelly  loved  him,  never 
left  his  bedside,  but  \\;^ted  lijion  and  nursJii^iih,  at  the  risk  of  health  and 
life— nor  conld-all  the  entreaties  of  their  flBives  iixduce  her  to  leave  the 
task  in  other  hands.  Politibal  friendships  are  feeble  and  transient,  but^e 
love  of  a  woman  like  JNIrs;  Canning  is  enduring  as  eternity. 

Mr.  Canning  di6d  on  the  Sti^  of  August,  18^7,  aged  57  years,  and  was 
succeeded  by  Lord  Goderich,  now  Earl  of  Ripon,  who,  as  Mr.  Robinson, 
in  1816,  had  introduced  the  ever-to-be-detested  corn-law,  for  the  gain  of  a 
few  and  the  oppression  of  the  millions,  into  the  Ho^use  of  Commons.  Had 
Mr.  Canning,  4)r  his  successor,  refused  fo  bend  their  wills  so  as  to  govern 
the  United  Kingdom  in  accordance  with  the  wishes  of  the  landed  aristo- 
cracy, monied  capitalists,  privileged  clergy,  and  other  monopolists  who, 
in  those  days  supplied  the  two  houses  of  parliament  with  members,  they 
could  not  have  held  the  reins  of  state  a  month.  Though  lifted  from  pov- 
erty to  the  highest  pinnacle  of  power  in  England,  it  was  as  one  of  the 
privileged  few,  and  for  their  benefit ;  and  also  for  that  of  the  millions,  but 
only  in  so  far  as  it  did  not  come  in  oppositira  to  the  wishes  of  the  aristo- 
cracy of  the  church,  the  purse,  and  the  broaa  acres. 


ROBERT  HOLMES.         ' 

'The  French  revolution  was  glorious  at  its  dawning,  and  gave  a  fresh  im- 
/pulse  to  that  patriotism  which  was  generated  in  Ireland  by  the  declaration  of 
American  Independence  in  76,  and  of  Irish  Independence  in  '82.  Its  purer 
principles  would  have  remained  untarnished,  had  not  the  tyrants*  of 
Europe,  with  the  rich  clergy  of  the  duirch  of  England,  the  tory  nobility,, 
the  worst  of  the  whigs,  and  tlie  holders  of  public  stocks,  hi  that  country,  at 
their  back,  waged  a  deadly  war  on  young  freedom  in  defence  of  ancient 
j)ro(iigacy  and  legalised  oppression.  Robert  Emmet  and  Robert  Holmes, 
in  the  College  Historical  Society,  Dublin,  were  comrades;  and'liight  after 
night  did  they  discuss  the  blessings  of  constitutional  liberty,  in  debates 
which  carried  the  hearts  of  the  youth  of  Dublin  University  with  them.  Mr. 
Holmes  married  Robert  Emmet's  sister,. ^nd  was  called  to  the  Irish  bar  iii. 
1795. 

When  Pitt  conceived  the  idea'  of  effecting  a  political  union  of  the  two 
kuigdoms,  by  stirring  up  a  rebellion  in  Ireland  which  he  was  prepared  to 
ifei    '  "      """ 


tantsh— when,  to  itse  the  words  of  Sir  James 


i7^*-mnrders  werr  • 


to  others 
ding  and 
ds  where 
h.     • 


committed  by  the  sword  of  justice,  badly  disguised  by  tlie  solemnities 
which  invested  them,"  Mr:  Holmes  went  mto  retirement.    To  the  Union 
he  offered  a  firm  opposition;  and  in  the  ablest  pamphlets  of  the  day  con- 
tended, as  a  protestant,  for  equal  freedom  to  his  catholic  brethren. 
WheaRobert  Enunet  returned  f^om  Brussdd  iu  1802,  Mr.  Holmes  todtno 


I 

ii 


tl"  M 


r^:'^ 


1.'' 


100 


THE  CAMPBELLS  OF  CUXRRT  VALLET. 


part  ih  the  fatal  movements  that  shortened  his  friend's  days,  bnt  was  nev- 
erthel^ss  suspected,  apprehended,  andjodged  for  a  long  time  in  the  dismal 
dmigcons  of  Kiimainham. 

Mr.  Holmes  soon  rose  to  eminence  as  a  lawyer— and  now,  nearly  eighty* 
years  of  age,  is  often  the  opponent  of  O'Coimell,  in  the  courts— abounds 
with  \yit  and  Irumor— has  refused  every  offer  of  every  government  to 
give  him -power  and  office,  and  holds  to  ther  same  manly  nrinriplc«!  the 
same  love  of  freedom  and  hatred  to  oppression,  whetiier  Roman  or  Russian 
or  British,  which  characterized  his  early  tlays.  In  religion  he  is  a  presby- 
terian  of  tlie  secession  church;  that  is.  the  sect  whose  ministers  trust  in 
God  and  their  congregations,  and  refuse  to  acn^pt  tiie  bribe  of  state  pen- 
sions m  exchange  for  their  personal  and  political  inilueiice  in  aid  of  the 
powers  that  be,  whether  right  or  wrong. 

•  ^'^•/^o''"cs,  in  1799,  wrote  and  published  a  very  remarkable  pamphlet' 
m  the  form  of  an  address  to  the  people  of  Ireland  relative  to  the  intended 
union  with  England.  She  died  in  1804,  leaving  one  daughter.  It  is 
thought  that  the  deaths  of  her  father  arid  mother  and  two  brothers,  the 
banishment  of  the  third,  and  the  sad  oc^dition  of  her  beloved  couutrv. 
tended  to  shorten  her  days.  ' 


_.,. 


THE    CAMPBELLS'OF   CHERRY   VALLEY. 

•Colonel  Samuel  Campbell,  the  last  of  the  early  settlers  of  Cherry  Valley, 
W.  Y.,wa^born^of  Irish  parents  in  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire,  in  1738. 
and  at  four  years  of  age  came  to  reside  with  his  father,  James  Campbell, 
in  Cherry  Valley,  on  the  farm  where  he  died  in  Sept.,  1824,  at  the  age  ol 
86  years  It  was  then  a  wilderness  with  no  settlements  beyond  It.  In  the 
war  of  the  revolution.  Colonel  Campbell,  espoused,  with  all  his  soul,  the 
cause  of  freedom;  and  as  an  officer  of  the  N.  Y.  mihtia  rendered  to  his 
country  very  many  important  services-fought  well  at  the  battle  of  Ori^- 
kany  under  rierkimer-took  the  command  of  his  regiment  when  Cox  fell, 
!!?ff  ^™"f^'So*^  the  remnant  of  it  at  the  close  Of  that  disastrous  fight.  He 
suffered  the  loss  of  all  he  had  when  Butler  and  Brandt  massacred  so  many 
innocent  persons  in  1778-hi8  wife  and  family  were  carried  away  captive 

Jm£h?'''^''.T°"i^'  ?*L^'3?'^"'',h'«  buildings  burnt,  and  his  moveables 
utteriy  wasted.  In  1783,  Generals  Washington  s»Hd  Geo.  Clinton,  and  Colo- 
nel  Humphreys,^8pent  a  night  under  his  roof,  and  gratefully  acknowledged 
his  services,  and  the  zeal  he  had  ever  shovjjii  for  his  country's  cause.  In 
religion.  Colonel  Campbell  was  a  true  sfiKstian,  in  politics  a  consistent 

h^rr;iay%lTeTsXS  ^'"' '"^'*' "^' ^ 

His  farm  i.s  owned  by  his  grandson,  James  S.  Campbell,  in  March,  1812, 
S,;  ^^""^  7'  "^f  *  member  of  the  Assembly  of  New  York,  and  supported 
Governor  lompkms  m  his  effort  to  prevent  the  old  United  States  Bank 
h^nds^bSbel^^&c     ^^  *"  *  monopoly,  with  a  six  million  capital. 

aJ1&  ^:^''^  ^u"*'^?'''".  "^f®  ^'f  Col.  Samuel  Campbell,  was  a  native  of 
v«£v  «-f.  K^  *^'*"^  *  Causeway.  Ireland.  She  emigrated  to  Cherry 
S7  aI'}^'  P^"*"*^'  "^^^'^  '"  her  21st  .year,  and  next  year  married 
w  ;«  ^  -f  commencement  of  the  \^ar  for  freedom  in  '76  a  fort  was 
X  bv^^SSi''--— —  C.and.four  of  her  children  were  parried 


ly  by 

MUISO 


captive^ 


i-II8(VXleaeraI  Jamea  Clin- 


.  -^^ 


W^somed  the  family  in  exchange  for  the  lady  of  Col.  Butler,  Mrs. 
iSw?;  l^f  ""  f  I"*'®'®  chnstiati,  possessed  great  fonitude  and  intellectual 
?hS  f  «1  l\''^*^,**l*^f  iJ'l''  ^«8cendant8  widely  spread  over  this  continent. 
aue  died  on  the  17th  of  February,  1836,  in  her  93d  year.    Her  maiden  name 


)nt  was  ne\*- 
111  the  dismal 

leariy  eighty 
'ts — abounds 
vernment  to 
•inciplcs,  the 
n  or  Russian 
is  a  presby- 
ters trust  in 
if  state  pen- 
1  aid  of  the 

le  pamphlet '~ 
the  intended 
D:hter.     It  is 
jrothers,  the 
ed  country. 


lerry  Valley, 
lire,  in  1738, 
s  Campbell, 
t  the  age  oi 
d  it.  In  the 
Ills  soul,  the 
lered  to  his 
ttle  of  Oris- 
len  Cox  fell, 
s  fight.  He 
ed  so  many 
vay  captive 
moveables 
I,  and  Colo- 
Lnowledged 
i  cause.  In 
I  consistent 
nth  his  o^v1l 

flarch,  1812, 
J  supported 
States  Bank 
lion  capital, 

a  native  of 
1  to  Cherry 
sar  married 
a  fort  was 
I'ere  carried 
lameaXUa-^^ 


m 


KART  JEMISON. 


101 


used.west  of  that  city.    Mr.  Robert  Campbell  wav  .sranirm7"whJo 
Sf  feti"  nfterits  I'  r '"'^  under  th^gallant  Herkimer%\Yhe  S  le 
S  ous  dee  is  nre  r^Por  u?  P'*''^  among  the  great  and  good  men  whose  vir- 
tHo^^tl  c^      are  recorded  as  an  example  to  future  ages     He  left  one  son 
-  W„'^T":'p  "  ^^'"''^'"  °/  Schoodack,  Renssalaer  Counfy*  ' 

nn,l   . .  i  1     *^-^'^r''*=^i'  was  the  eiilest  son  of  Colonel  Samuel  Campbell 
anJ'i      rVr  'ii^  ^''''  "^^^^^  ^^^Y  ^^Ptive  into  Ca,m.la  by  tl  e  Indi-' 
nf  tI,iV/J     f  v^  succeeded  the  late  Simeon  De  Witt  as  Snrveyor-(^neral 
1^'  Sr,^:„°  "ir^J^^^"^  —I  times  a  .nember  ofT/SS 


ture     He  died  at  the  age  of  77,  at  his  residence  in  Cherry  Valley 

rn2l      '1\-  ^l"'?""';'  "f  New  York,  author  of  tl.e^Annals  of  Trvon 

County  or  the  border  warfare  of  New  York  during  the  Revolutio,.    U  2 

uS  w"Jon776"  ?hT/'^"7  ""rf"'''^  '^  honored'and  JeS^d  iJ 
in  s^!.H  V!  .  Their  ancestors  had  probably  removed  from  Ar-ylcshire 
L^n  *!' '°  t.'^«."o"h  of  Ireland,  during  the  persecutioiis  of  tjTe  seven! 
teenth  denrury.  ni  the  times  when  the  Stewarts  broudit  two  of  the  clSs 
of  their  clan    a  Marquis  and  an  Earl  of  Argyle,  to  the^block  in  Ed^burgh 

trLSl'f,i''f  H  ""'"' '°  '*'«  '«f°'"f"^'*  '«''&■«».  «»J  oppositio    toahe  cmei 
Snd  Sst.    '"■  '^""•"'y'"^"  by  the  profligate  assiciates  of  ChSesTi  I 

«o.w;fT"  ^''™Pb?,"«  who  is  a  l^^vyer  in  good  practice  in  New  York  is  the 

Kmesttr' J  S^r^'^if '•  °'  ^^^y  ^^'i^y'  ^^''^  «t*"  ''^^^  on  his  faAe?^ 
noraestead     J.  S.  was  the  second  son  of  Col.  Samuel  Camubell     VV  W 

C  entered  Union  College  at  19,  graduated  at  21,  studied  K  under  Chan" 
cellor  Kent,  and  is  now  one  of  the  members  of  Congress'electU  Neir  York 

S'tStr'.'t'r'^  ^^^"  rf  °^'''«  »'*«y  -^o  hav^aLp^ed  the  prh,cip *« 
of  the  ultra-tones  of  England,  and  ultra-fe.leralists  of  1798  here,  a'-Si  ist  men 

of  foreign  birth  and  yho  deny  thatthe  sufferers  from  thedXoUsrS 
l„T  r^  r^'^"  *^  American  freedom.    I  regret  to  see  a..  ',^6  Hgen  AmX 
WV.  f  '^T^"''^"^  of  persecuted  Irishmen  and  Scotchmen.^  whose 
forefathers  have  inscribed  their  names  among  the  brave  defender  of  th^ 
principles  of  Washington  and  Jefferson,  come  forwar.  .1  ?845  as  th^  cLm 
mon  of  cvcliisiveness   the  curse  of  the  old  world.     Mr  \VW  Campbell 

true  basis  of  pure  Christianity,  lies  at  the  bottom  of  all  true  libertv3 
equality,"  but  they  do  not  tefl  us  uhere  to  find  'Native  iTerc^^^^^^^ 
that  sacred  volume.- .1  doubt  whether  we  shall  find  any  SaSon  S  21 
years  among  tlie  Urethra  in  the  church  oi  the  lirst  christiLfs 


.Ai« 


MARYJEMISON,  OR  THE  WHITE  WOMAN  ,^^ 


the  imsiage  across,  at  sea..  They  seftR'thSe^^T^eXv^a^^ 
of ,,«  ^r"""^  attacked  by  six  Indians  and  four  Frenchme^?","  the  sorSi^ 
of  1755.  who  carried  off  M^  and  her  family-sci^lped  hSX.  n2ff 


utler.  Mrs. 
intellectual 
s  continent, 
aiden  name 


1^ 


102 


SIR  JONAH  BAllRIlfbTOK. 


I^l 


i 


t*- 


sist^  and  brothers — ^but  took  her  andjifiie  brother  to  Pittsburgh,  then  held 
by  the  French  and  Indians — adopt^  her  as  an  Indian,  carried  her  to  the 
Genesee  Flats—and  married  her  tQ^SJieiiinjee,  an  Indian,  by  wliom  she  had   • 
a  son,  Thomas  Jemison.    Her  husband  died  in  1759rand  she  married  again 
ill  t-7(>l,  to  anotlier  Indian  nam^  Gardeau,  by  whom  she  had  t^ix  sons  and 
daughters.     She  says  tliat  tij^ipeoplc  could  hve  mofe  happily  than  the  In- 
diaiis  did  until  spirituous  U^'uors  werehitroduced  among  thcin.    During  the 
war  of  tlie  Revolution,  jtlie  tribe  she  belonged  td  assisted  the  British — 
Colonels  Butler  and  Ij^ndt  often  made  her  house  their  home.    In  1779» 
General  Sullivan  ai)^  his  army  attacked  the  Indian  settlement,  near  Can- 
andaigoa— the  Intj^ns  retreated  towards  Buifalo,  and  their  villages  were 
burnt — peace  fji^bwed — a  track  of  land  was  granted  to  Alary— her  sons 
Thomas  imd^John  quarreled,  and  the  younger  killed  the  elder  with  his 
tbmahawk — the  Chiefs,  in  council,  justified  John  (the  survivor)  on  account 
of  the  provocation  he  had  received.    Her  grandson,  Jacob  Jomison  (son  to  , 
Thomas)  went  to  Dartmoutli  College  in  1816,  was  well,  educated  there, 
and  is  a  physician.     In  Nov.  1811.  her  husband  died,  aged  1D3,  audwas 
buried  with  his  best  clothing  on.    Her  youngest  son  Jesse  was  murdered 
in  1812,  when  28  years  old,  by  the  brother  who  had  killed  her  eldest  son^; 
Thomas,  who  in  his  turn' was  killed  in  a  quarrel  in  1817.     Her  dauglit|^r8 
married  Indians  and  have  families.    John  left  two  widows  and  nine  ' 
children.     In  1822-^,  Mary  Jemison  sold  her  land,  17,927  acres,  excepting  ^ 
about  1000  reserved  for  herself,  on  the  Genesee  river,  to  Micali  Brooks  and 
others. 

A'friend'of  mine  visited  Mary  in  1830,  in  the  valley  of  the  Genesee,  be- 
tween the  high  banks,  in  the  place  wh^re  she  took  refuge  from  Sullivan's 
army,  half  a  century  before.  She  was  about  90  years  old — had  a  strong 
uorth  of  Ireland  accent^and  was  nearly  blind.  She  had  had  a  line  constitu- 
tion, and  had  always  shinned  fire-water  and  tobacco.  My  friend  saw  her' 
again  in  1831.  ',"  Never  (said  he)  did  I  meet  with  a  more  "kind-hearted 
woman,  or  with  one  of  her  age  retaining  such  vivacity  aud  buoyancy  of 
spirits.  Her  grandson  Peter  Jemison  was  appointed  assistant  sur;jreou  on 
board  a  man-of-war  and  died  suddenly  in  the  Mediterranean  The  lu/ 
dians  punish  witchcraft  as  they  do  murder,  and  she  was  at  one  time  sus- 
pected; but  tliere  was  no  proof.  Thirty-nine  of  her  grand-children,  and 
fourteen  great-grarid-children  were  living  in  1842;  and  her  life  was  pub- 
lished that  year  in  a  neat  pocket  volume  by  Seaver  of  Batavia." 

This  wonderful  woman  died  on  the  19th  of  Sept.  1833,  in  a  house  which 
she  had  purchased  on  the  Bufialo  Creek  reservation  ;  aged  about  91  y^ears, 
and  a  marble  slab  near  the  Seneca  Mission  Church,  marks  her  grave.  Hei' 
three  daughters  died  in  the  autumn  of  1839,  aged  69,63,  and  58  years— and 
her  numerous  posterity  will  soon  take  their  departure  for  the  territory  west 
of  the  Mississippi,  if  they  have  not  already  done  so. 

Mary  Jemison  was  short  of  stature,  and  very  white  for  a  woman  of  her 
age— she  lived  76  years  with  the  Indians,  and  her  adventures  were- iar 
more  marvellous  than  the  most  popular  of  our  romance  writers  could  have 
imagined  for  a  herouie  less  real  tliaii  the  little  Irishwoman  of  the  Genesee 
Flats. 


T 


.    .  SIR  JONAH   HARRINGTON. 

Thtii  friah  Judgft,  the  agrflftfthle  author  of  "  Personal  Sketches."  voted 


against  the  Union  in  the  last  pturliament  held  in  Ireland,  but  was  an  artful 
tool  of  the  foreign  tenants  of  Dublin  Castle  for  all  that— just  such  another 
as  Thomas  Reynolds,  except  that  he  shunned  the  witness  box — mixing  in 
tjie  company  of  gentlemen,  aud  stlUng  their  most  secret  and  confidential 
conversation  to  the  govemmeat  of  the  day.    He  says  he  was  initiated  by 


^Oik. 


r   -  ,•■  . 

Ii,  then  held 

I  her  to  the 
om  she  had  ' 
arried  again 
ix  sous  and 
han  the  In> 

During  the 
le  British — 
5.  hi  1779, 
U  near  Can- 
illages  were 
f— her  sons 
er  with  his 
on  account 
ison  (son  to , 
;ated  there, 
[)3,  aud<  was 
s  murdered 
•  eldest  son^ 
!r.  daughtt^rs 
s  and  nine ' 
s,  excepting  ^ 

Brooku  and 

ienesee,  be- 
n  Sullivan's, 
ad  a  strong 
iuc  coiistitu- 
?iid  saw  her' 
Liud-hearted 
buoyancy  of 
surgeon  on 

II  Tlje  lur 
le  time  sus- 
hiidren,  and 
fc  was  pub- 

louse  which 
ant  91  years, 
grave.  Hei' 
years — and 
emtory  west 

)man  of  her 
•es  were-  iar 
\  could  have 
the  Genesee 


clics."  voted 


JOHN  BINOHAM. 


lOd 


hin  Jnend  Dr  Duigenan  mto  the  secret  orange  club/qalled  the  Aldermen  of 
Skinners  Alley,  Dublin,  previous  to  1.T95,  and  tha|l  he  used  his  connexion 
with  the  country  gentlemen,  as  a  relative  and  friend,  to  betray  them  In 
his  S»ketches  he  states  that  a  month  before  the  rev6lt  (viz.  in  April  17<».S)he 
took  occasion  to  visit  Wexford— dined  at  Ladv  Ccvfclough's,  a  near  relative 
of  his  wife,  spoke  uiireservedly  to  Messrs.  Grt^gaii,  Harvey,  Keogh.  the 
Mieareses,  and  others,  (too  soon  to  be  his  and/ his  comrades'  vicnin'*  )— 
warned  the  company  to  be  more  reserved  before  HfM  (the  school-fellow 
anrt  companion  of  some  of  them  from  boyhood  !)— but  afterwards  accepted 
an  invitation  to  Mr.  Harvey's  at  Bargy  Castle— listened  attentively  to  all  the 
schemes  and  opinions  then  there  offered,  both  before  dinner  and  over  the 


bottle  after  it— and  next  morning  wrote  to  the"  LonTLeutenaiTvs' Secretary 
iim  of  a  coming  iiisurriection  !    No  wonder  it  was  that 


(Cooke) -to  warn  him  „.  „^ — .„.,g  .,.,..xi^v;i.uu  :  «o.wonuerii 
Nr  Jonah  Barsingtoo  got  promotion  over  his  brother  barristers  !  To  the 
Irish  government  of  that  day  the  traitor  to  Ireland  was  invaluable.  Let  his 
name  be  the  expression  by  which  to  distinguish  that  insincerity  which  no 
oth^r  wickedness  call  equal— let  him  be  called  Judas  not  Jonah '  But  he 
assures  us  that  he  did  not  give  names  nor  pl^,es  in  his  reports.  Who  will 
believe  him .'  He  wrote /row  Wexford,  recommended  that  a  garrison  should 
be  sent  there  iii.staiitly,  and  adds,  that  within  three  months  all  the  jovial 
/party  were  executed  e.xcept  Mr.  Hatton  who  "  unaccountably  escaped," 
and  himself.  With  Sir  Jonah  for  the  tyrant's  s^  in  April,  in  the  guise  of 
a  bosom  friend,  who  can  feel  surprized  at  liis  statement  that  Messrs  Gro- 
gan,  Harvey,  Keogli,  Colclough,  &c.,  had  been  made  examples  of  In 
Harrington's  Sketches  he  cjogiBs^  note  sent  him  by  Lord  Castlereagh,  re- 
lusing  him  the  Solicitor-Gefteralshipt^^t  is  evident  that  he  did  not  \^te  for 
tbe  Union,  becau.se  he  held  himself  higfier  than  the  government  held  him, 
or  because  there  was  an  understanding  on  the  subject  between  him  and 
castlereagli,  that  he  should  preserve  appfearances  to  catch  a  liberal  con- 
stituency In  his  hi.story  of  Ireland,  to  which  George  IV.,  the  Dukes  of 
York,  and  Wellington,  and  the  Earls  of  Shannon,  Fariiiiam,  Liverpool,  and 
Limerick,  were  original  subscribers.  Sir  Jonah  admits  that  while  pretend- 
ing  to  oppose  the  Union,  he  was  the  base  instrument  of  Castlereagh  and 
the  enemies  of  Ireland,  to  offer  bribes  and  make  converts  to  It.  For  a 
sample  of  the  proof,  see  "  John  Bingham." 


JOHN  BINGHAM,   LORD  CLANMORRIS. 

The  first  Baron  Clanmorris  bought  his  honors  by  the  sale  of  his  soul 
CQuntry,  conscience,  and  constituents,  and  is  dead.  Sir  Jonah  Barrin<'(on' 
in  page  377  of  volume  2d  of  his  "  Memoirs  of  Ireland,"  ackiiowled-es^that 
he  was  the  go-between,  between  the  English  bribers  and  the  saleable  Irish 
memoers.  He  says."  I  was  deputed  to  learn  from  Mr.  Bingh&m  what  his 
expectations  from  government  for  his  scats  were ;  he  proposed  to  take  from 
the  goverument  £8.000  (!»3S,000)  for  his  two  seats  for  Tuam,  and  oppose 
the  Union.  Government  afterwards  added  a  peerage  and  £1 5,000  («73.000) 
for  the  borough."  Bmgham  was  made  "  Lord  Clanmorris,"  an  Irish  peer, 
and  got  #110.000  in  cash.- for  selling  his  own  and  the  other  votes  at  .his 
command,  to  Pitt  and  George  III.  for  a  Union  which  would  degrade  Ireland 
American  novel  readers— je  that  fall  in  love  with  British  aristocracy— look 
4!.!!l"!!?l'l^'    "!^?!    '"fe'^^^'^^Ti'?"^^^         oppressors  of  their  r>ir-e» 


;t,slmid  may  grow-greatrbtkiris  in'simrTSf  TKe^Tigarchs  of  land,  loans 
and  law,  and  the  loyalty-preaching  parsons.  Our  stock-jobbing,  betting, 
gambling  statesmen,  bankers,  and  land  speculators  are  bad.  As  privileewi 
and  banded  mto  cabals,  under  "  safety-fund,"  and  other  plausible  impSst- 
ures,  they  are,  perhaps,  the  nearest  approach  to  Europe's  ••  lords  spiritual 
an*  temporal,"  that  American  folly  and  credulity  is  yet  prepared  to 


vas  an  artful 
luch  another 
i — mixing  in 
confidential 
t  initiated  by 


104 


BISHOP  HUGHES. 


'<■.(" 


JOHN   HUGHES, 
Roman  Catholic  Bishop  of  New  Y|>rk. 

Idolatry:— fatal  word,  which  hns  mliscd  more  iwords,  lighted  uioi«  firei,  and  inhninanlzed  more 
bearu,  than-tho  whole  vocabulary  of  the  passioni  beside* !  , 

It  is^  very  difficult  Xo  crive  a  true  and  unbiased  account  of  the  lives  of 
men  who,  like  Bishop  Hughes,  ht».vo  taken  a  prominent  part  in  matters  of 
controversy  of  deep  and  abiding  interest  to  society,  unitil  after  their  death 
or  long  retirement  from  public  concerns.  Nor  sItouW  I  have  attempted 
this  brief  sketch,  had  not  some  of  his'inore' recent  if^fters  placed  on  record 
his  personal  history  and  the  views  he  takea^iff  thosa.  public  matters  in 
which,  iff  his  judgment,  it  is  right  and  proper  for  a  jifehite  oTiiis  church  to 
offer  an  (xpinion  or  to  interfere. 

In  a  letter  addressed  to  Mr.  James  Harper,  the  last  Rfayor  of  New  York, 
soon  after  the  PhiladelphiA  riots  (May  17, 184.^,  Bishop  Hughes  gives  some 
particulars  of  his  early  history, 

"  It  is  twenty -seven  years  (says  he)  since  I  came  to  this  country.  I  be- 
came a  citizen  therefore  as  soon  as  my  majority  of  age  and  other-circum- 
stances permitted.  My  early  artce.stors  were  from  VVale? ;  and  very  pro- 
bablJ^  shared  with  Strongbow  and  his  companions  in  the  \)lnnder  which 
rewarded  the  first  successful  invaders  of  lovely  but  un^o|tHNate^Irclaud.  Of 
course,  from  the  time  of  their  conversion  frjJm  Paganiam,  they  were  Catho- 
lics. You,  sir,  who  must  be  afSquainfed  XC'itfiT  the  njlmuicholy  annals  of 
religious  intolerance  in.  Ireland,  may  remember,  ih|it  \^»en  a  traitor  to  his 
country,  and,  for  what  I  kn6w,  to  hi,s  creed  al.so,  wished  to  make  his  peace 
to  the  Irish  government  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  MacMahon,  Prince  of  Mona- 
ghaii,  the  traitor's  work,  which  he  volunteered  to  accomplish,  was  "to  root 
out  the  whole  Sept  of  the  Hughes."— He  did  not,  however,  succeed  in  destroy- 
ing tlieni,  although  he  "  rooted  them  out"— proving,  as  la  moral  fo|^^|ture 
times,  that  persecution  cannot  always  accomplish  what- it  proposST  In 
the  year  1817,  a  descendant  of  the  Sejjt  of  the  Hughes,  came  to  the  United 
States  of  America.  He  was  the  son  of  a  farmer  of  moderate  but  comforta- 
ble mean.''.  He  landed  on  the.se  shores  friendless,  and  with  but  a  few  gui- 
neas in  liis  jmrse.  He  never  received  of  the  charity  of  any  man ;  he  never 
borrowed  of  any  man  witliont  repaying;  he  never  had  nujre  than  a  few 
dollars  at  a  time ;  he  never  had  a  patron — in  the  Church  or  out  of  it ;  and 
it  is  he  who-  has  the  honor  to  address  you  now,  as  Catholic  Bishop  of  New 
York." 

Bisliop  Hughes,  when  he  enH^ed  the  college,  was  ti  stranger  to  his  pre- 
decessor. Bishop  Dubois.  For  tlie  first  nine  months  he  prosecuted  his  stu- 
dies under  a  private  preceptor,  and  during  the  ensuing  seven  or  eight  years 
completed  his  education,  teaching  at  the  same  time  such  classes  as  were 
"assigned  to  him.  He  was  then  ordained  Priest,  and  stationed  at  Philadel- 
phia. Eleven  years  afterwards  he  was  sent,  not  by  his, own  choice,  to  be 
coadjutor  to  the  Bishop  of  New  York ;  where,  says  he,  "  one  of  the  first 
things  that  struck  me,  as  a  deplorable  circumstance  in  the  condition  of  my 
'  flock,  was  the  ignorance  and  vice  to  which  the  children  of  catholic  and 
emigrant  parents  were  expo.sed."  "  Thousands  of  the  children  of  poor  ca- 
tholic parents  are  growing  up  without  education,  simply  because  that 
which  tlie  law  has  provided,  as  interpreted  and  administered  under  tlie 
Public  School  Society,  requires  a  violation  of  their  rights  of  conscience. 
The  numbgr  of  such  cliildren  may  be  from  nine  to  twelve  thousand.  Of 
these,  the  catholics,  by  bearing  a  double  taxation,  educate  four  or  five  thou- 

be  considered  as  receiving  only  such  education  as  is  afforded  in  the  streets 
of  New  York." 

On  the  Bishop's  return  from  a  journey  to  Europe,  in  1840,  he  found  that 
Governor  Seward,  in  his  annual  message,  had  directed  tlie  attention  of  the 


.:%■ 


nm&alced  mora 

he  lives  of 
I  matters  of 
'  tlioir  death 
3  attempted 
d  OH  record 
;  matters  in 
is  church  to' 

New  York, 

gives  some 

intry.  I  be- 
:her'circum- 
id  very  pro- 
uder wliich 
L  Ireland.  Of 
NVe^eCatho- 
ly  annals  of 
"aitor  to  his 
ie  his  peace 
:e  of  Mona- 
was  ••  to  root 
I  in  destroy- 
al  fo|i^lture 
roposST  In 
o  tile  United 
ut  comforta- 
t  a  few  gui- 
n ;  he  never 
s  than  a  few 
It  of  it ;  and 
ihop  of  New 

r  to  his  pre- 
iited  his  stu- 
r  eight  years 
sses  as  were 

at  Philadel- 
:hoice,  to  be 
;  of  the  first 
ditiou  of  my 
catholic  and 
^.  of  poor  ca- 
lecause  that 
d  under  tlie 

conscience, 
ousand.    Of 
or  five  thou- 
the  restinay^ 
in  the  streets 

e  found  that 
ention  of  the 


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BISHOP  irutiHES. 


105 


legislature  to  that  class  of  children.  "  especially  in  our  large  cities,  whom 
orphanage,  the  depravity  of  j)arents,  or  some  (orm  of  a(;cident  or  misfortune 
seems  to  have  doomed  to  hopeless  poverty  and  iciiorance."  "  The  <liil  Jren 
of  foreigners  (said  his  excellency)  are  tbo  often  deprived  of  the  advantages 
oi  osr  system  of  public  education  inconsequence  of  prejudices  arising  from 
^difference  of  language  or  religion.  .  .  Since  we  have  opened  our  conn- 
try  ami  all  its  fulness  to  the  oppressed  of  every  nation,  we  should  eyince 
wisdom  equal  to  such  generosity  by  qualifying  their  children  fofthe  high 
responsibilities  of  citizenship.  .  .  I  do  not  hesftate,. therefore,  to  recom- 
mend the  e.stablishment  of  schools  in  which  they  may  be  instructed  by 
teachers  speaking  the  same  language  as  themselves  a^d*  professing  the  same 

,  The  Roman  Catholics,  finding  in  the  public  schools,  bohks  reflecting  upon 
their  religion,  and  the  edition  of  the  Bible  translated  by  autliOrity  of  James 
tlie  *lrst  of  England,  which  their  teachers  pronounce  to  b«  full  of  errors 
taught  morning  and  evenuig,  availed  themselves  of  the  Governor's  beneVo^ 
lent  suggestion,  but  failed.  This  c^^munity  will  not,  and  tfcey  ought  not 
to,  consent  to  be  taxed,  that  children  may  be  educated  according  to  some 
threescore  sectarian  creeds,  or  religious  distinctions.  All  should  be  taught 
together.  The  better  way  is  to  do  as  i.s  done  in  Holland,  where  amnle 
secular  instruction  is  given  in  the  common  schools,  and  religioul^feentimerus 
are  taught  on  certain  days  in  other  places,  by  the  clergy,  Protestant,  Catholic, 
and  Jewish.  The  Dutch  children  learn  their  alphabet,  arithmetic,  gram- 
mar,  and  geography,  at  school,  from  the  general  teachers ;  their  divine 
learmngand  treed  they  obtain  elsewhere  from  their  respective  pastors. 
W4tli  thi.s  system,  Bishop  Hughes  and  his  flock,.8aid  to  number  300,000 
pereons  throudhout  the  state  of  New  York,  were  willing  to  be  content ;  bul< 
their  opponents  rnade  a  political  question  of  it.  Colonel  Stone,  the  general 
superintendent  of  schools  in  New  York,  declared  that  the  United  States 
were,  as  matter  of  fact,  a  protestant.  in  distinction  from  a  popish  nation ;» 
that  we  have,  or  ought  to  have,  a  predominant  national  reVigiom"  that 
•r.'^r  I  ^•?."'  "«'«<»»«*  '"c^d  book,  our  English  protestant  Bible.-"  that  "  the 
Jinglish  Bible "  was  adopted  by  us  as  a  standard  book,  m  the  public 
schools,  because  we  were  determined  to  preserve  ••  our  oum  national  reli- 

c^h.^'«^fc^!;„^'''*J-'' '''*'*  J'''*^^H''™«5«8  t^e  catholics  and  the  Irish,  through  the 

democrat,  very  friendly  to  the  French,  American,  and  Iris^  revolts,    treneau,  the  poet, 
.iras  his  associate  m  the  publication  of  The  Time  kece,  at  New  York;  and  in  the  ^E 

Nov.  15,  1781,  lu  which  he  prophesies  the  PhUadelphia  riots  of  1844. 

tod""d  SnSf  S  addl:-    "^  ""^"""'''  "^ ""«'*•"'  "^'^  °°  ""«  Boviinunents  of  Eng- 

hl'hnr  l^'.^-'"*'  ''I''*'''  '^"f  ^^  '^'^^  ".*•"  »^  P«»c«  abnad,  and  will  never  be  indebted 
pr  her  greatness  and  noweito  external  nnH  ninm»ntor»  /.«,..»«'  *».i  _.»,!-u  _.:ii  ._-  ^r_  ._ 


v»» 


?.ol  liiri^'  *»«  *F't'?8«  and  sermons  of  their  ministers  were  as  miich  calciUated  to  at- 
tofpri^Pv  K*'^''-!"'''!'''''''  to„edify  their  hearers;  and  Philadllphia,  the  centre  of 
n&^^f^L    ^  Its  sectaries  supporting  their  religious  privileges  bylilowsand  violence. 

^tr*  KK  ■"''  ««cumstances  may  render  such  feuds  Sf  the  utmost  ffl  consequence.^ 
bers  of  a  sort'tv!^  ".ll^'„^  "  happiest  government  is  that  which  com^ects  all 'the  mem- 
bers  of  a  society  m  the  sanie  faith,  and  the  same  form  of  worship;  antl  he  reijrets  that 
many  millions  live  and  die  enemies  to  each  other  merely  in  account  of  diversity  of  opinion 
Sh„'olf'ZSTi;,fr£l-"i^''"^'*''!'  "•«  eff«^«««'fthe  modeofteachiiiiyouffb; 
Wh  wWn  I  rp^M?  '/It'T/??"!""""!!"*' "»  *^''"='''»'  "^  '«««>'«<J  "'em.  In  Williams- 
hi«  wh^rp  nn  l^fi^  M  ff""  district  number  one),  an  evening  passed  in  the  school  meet- 

ri»^™p™t  n'n  w-th'  f ''^"r" '"  "?•'"  *  f '""™''"  ^y*^''™  »*■  education  beneficial  to  th» 
nsmg  generation,  without  referencp  to  rrpotlis, '"  ♦»  ">^ -t — !-~!-.i— .i    .-.  - j__ 


imrmgh~it"MJ"ii."A,"».VJ^^i'  \V'''';!^i'r.^v,' ''"'^^"°.'^'*»^"W'ycry  plensing  indeed.  It  strcagth-^ 
^SSSStatt."'  "''"'"''•""  *"'  ""''"'•'•  «"'i«auseustobecome"a"^i?em 

in^m!."i2i.?n?«'1?  ,"•*'  education,  founded  upon  religious  differences  of  belief,  are  unsoitcd 
™^~f  l"^  nstitutions;  and,  whether  recommended  by  goTemor  or  bishop,  whig  or  do- 
mociat,  should  receite  the  veto  of  erery  tnie  republican.  """"Pi  wmg  w  w 


Il06 


BISHOP  RrOHKS. 


f- 


gwn;   and  "that  he  (the  Rnpenntendent)  should  expect  the  epeedv  downfall 
♦of  Popery.  If  eveiy where  throughout  E.irope  it  (Kinsj  James\^  tranSn  of 

tl»|protestant  B.ble]  was  taught  in  every  icl^pol.  a.rd  to  every  d"id»Tc 
.  .   ^pos  rejrard  the.r  sulyeot^  as  their  pmperrv.  and  usuVp  he  divhip- 
^  prerogative  of  prescnbinjr  their  reli{rioa*-fai  h.     Colonel  Stone  atHth^ 

.rarno..'sb,b.e.,8made  a  standard  book  in  onr  common  schools; in  orde? 
that  popery  may  be  put  down,  and  the  Catholic,  the  Jew.  and  the  uS- 
nan  converted  to  what  he  terms  the  American  «  nationar  reltion  "He 
decides,  as  did  Henry  the  VIHth.  that  the  national  religion  is  n  mestant^ 
and  every  catholic,  and  all  othfers  who  venture  to  dissent  frL^tJe  creed 
S-  h?;"/"  ^•"F  ^^"'T"^  ^'H'«  ^'«^*^«^  »«  uphold  schools  avowedh^es-   ^ 
Sa/  A  V°  P"  .^'^T'  '^T' '?''»'°"'  opinions,  and  comjiel  all  to  adopt  the 
«aW«Acrforna<ip«a/tnode  of  salvation.     It  has  been  said  that  the  ron 
stmuion  of  the  Union  regards  t|,e  conscience  of  a  Jew  as  sacred  aMh at  of 
rvtS«liv%  /■''"^".•"j^ee? '..Inhere  is  the  difference  between  the 
St  beKn  TA'^  .T  ♦",«fn>port  a  protestant  churclTthey  dS 
not  belong  to,  and  the   taxes  levied  from  American  citizens.  Catholics 
^rnTn,^:  ""^  Unitarians,  to  uphold  publi<^  schjfels  avowX^stablished 
'  proSamcS^  %'^J,'''^'V^.'  r"'**  °^  '^I  '«P"blic^he  national 

" 'T"  edueation  forms  the  infant  mind,    .  '  .      ^ 

Just  as  the  twig  is  bent  tJte  tiee^s  inciin^." 

nl/i!!  t°"L*°»^Y  that  conscience  is  protected  to  a«  by  the  constitution,  if 
all  are  taxed  to  bend  the  education  of  onr  yoHth  to  the  purpose  of  con- 
verting  catholics  to  a  protestant  na?,ona/- faith:  Miin  is  an  SatiJe  anU 
mal.  and  acquires  the  Lbits.  feelings,  and  sentiments  of  his  n^mctoS 
Is  he  born  of  protestant  parents,  and  by  them  educated,  he  become?^;  bl: 
hever  m  the  Bible  Are  his  pkrents  Hindoos?  he  grows  up  a  M^ShrppIr 
of  Brama.      Are   they  Turks  >   he  becomes  a  xMti^uIman       In  Italv  "he 

fSSbvfe^aS°"'Ti;.''f  °'^'  in  England  an  EpiscoThan;  in  Snd! 
^il  ■  ^  ^*  ^i?®  character  of  man  is  formed  for  him  by  early  educa- 
K«^n  «»""2""'**"^r  c'rcumstances.  And  the  question  is-' Shall  we 
fehl  ^  dissent  from  the  royal  edition  of  the  English  bible,  to  uphold 
nritSt  T™Tr  ^S*"""'^  by  taxation,  to  put  down  popery,  while  they 
are  thiis  also  obliged  to  maintain  other  schools  in  accordance  with  thew 
own  views  of  religion  and  church  government ."  « Is  this  system  of  W  -''' 
syhtism  and  opposition.  t>f  strife  and  contention,  to  go  on  for  ever  '•  S 
are  our  conimon  schools  upheld  by  all.  to  be  for  all.  and  shall  the  false 
assmion.  that  there  ought  to  be  a  favored  and  a  pereecuted  class  be  put 

r»Mii;l!^«T'^®  ?^iv?'***°,? '?"^'**^'.*®  coadjutor  of  his  diocese  Secame 

h?SdSd?lSmSfT  "'"'^  ^t  *^^°«  ^^''"^^'^  °^  *^««'"^  '»--^' 

J'jR^"i!!A^u  "^"."^ *^"'"?  °^ contention.  My  dispositioft is.  I  trust,  both 
Sp^AnV  ^«"«vol«nt-,  As  a  proof  of  this. 'l  may  mention  that  I  have 
h«^  K«  n'''"*'  altercation  with  a  human  being  in  my  life-that  I 
!^r.-  7»"k''*'*.  °$''a8'o«  to  call  others,  or  be  called  myself,  before 
SSLtlv  wT,!'  °^  *«  T^-  '^  "  »™^  that  public  duty  hL  not  unf^ 
S??on^M^^n  P?"  ™«. the  necessity  of  taking  my  stand  In  moral  oppo- 
siUon   to  i^mciples  which  I  deemed   injurious  and  unjust.    But  even 


♦h/.^    T  t^.t:^  T  1*^-       '•—-"   -  >..oy..»cu   iiijuiuiua  mm   uiijuBi.    cut  even 

geste  beuyeeirthe  cause  and  the  person  of  the  advocate  arrayed  againit  m^- 
^  In  t^e  cqndu^t  of  Bishop  Hughes  with  reference  to  education,  I  see 


BISHOP  IIVGHKS. 


107 


murh  to  praise — aotnething  to  censure.  He  fonnd  his  people  taunted  '  • 
with  their  ignorance,  and  he  sought  a  conhtitutioual  remedy  which 
would  not  violate  their  rights  of  conscienc^fe.  Dr.  Browulee,  and  many 
other  protestaiit  writers  of  celebrity,  had  a.s.serted  that  the  catholic  church 
was  upheld  by  the  ignorance  of  its  supporter!'.  Bishop -Hufrhes  replied  by 
askiriij  that  catholic  children  should  be  educated  in  the  public  schools; 
but  that,  as,8i  royal  edition  of  the  protfestant  bible  was  taught  there,  avow- 
"  edly  as  a  ^,ins  to  put  down  his  church,  and  as  evidence  that  we  had  in 
New  York  TV  national  predominant,  which  means  a  law  established,  reli- 
gion,  he  desired  that  no  book  should  be  taught  which  violated  the  right  of 
conscience.  He  says  he  is  oppo.sed  to  Church  and  State  unions,  a  matter 
m  which  nearly  all  denominations  in  all  countries  have  been  alike  blamea- 
ble.  hi  a  late  lecture  he  admitted  thfit  "  If  the  catholics  had  sinned  on  this 
subject,  as  he  was, ready  ip  concede,  it  could  not  be  denied,  on  the  other 
hand,  that,  in  their  regard,  the  iniquities  of  their  fathers  had  been  visited 
on  their -children  to  the  third  and  fourth  generation.  There  was  certainly 
no  denomination  of  Christians  that  had  so  little  reason  to  be  in  love  with 
ChuMh  and  State  unions,  as  the  catholics.  In  most  catholic  countriest 
-themsolves,  that  Union  holds  their  religion  in  a  species  of  degrading 
bondage." 

Again— speaking  of  the  design  aschbed  to  the  British  government  of » 
forming  a  political  union  with  the  Irish  catholic  church— he  said,  that 
"the  people  and  their  clergy,  and,  above  all,  their  faithful  and  vigilant 
hierarchy,  .will  never  at  this  late  day,  permit  the  ministry,  of  their  religion 
to  be  polluted,  <Jir  even  brought  into  suspicion,  by  the  touch  of  government 
gold."  The  state  paid  sects  in  Canada,  Ireland,  France,  and  Scotland, 
Presbyterians,  episcopalians,  catholics,  &c.,  will  find  such  a  remark  from 
such  a  quarter,  very  hard  of  digestion. 

In  one  of  his  pastoral  letters.  Bishop  Hughes  denounced  secret  sbcieties, 
bound  together  by  oaths.  Certain  bodies  of  the  presbyterians  take  the 
same  view  of  the  question,  and  are  opposed  to  Freemasons'  Lodges,  Odd 
Fellows,  &c.  In  his  controversy  with  Mr.  Hiram  Ketchum,  Bishop  Hughes 
certainly  displayed  great  skill,  ability,  and  research,  while  defending  our 
catholic  ancestors  from  the  charge  of  having  been  less  friendly  to  human 
fights  and  national  lili^jfy  than  their  protestant  successors.  I  really  think 
he  had  the  best  of  the  argument.  The  Star  Chamber  Courts  of  Charles  I., 
and  the  non-resistance  doctrines  of  the  prelates  selected  by  his  sons,  were 
certainly  no  great  improvement  on  the  old  system,  bad  as  it  was.  Of  the 
/re«(/d»t  which  followed  the  royally  translated  bible  to  Ireland,  the  less  we 
say  the  better.  Colonel  Stone,  and  not  a  few  of  the  clergy  of  New  York, 
conteild'that  the  obligations  of  the  catholic  bishops  aiid  clergy  to  the 
Pope  are  in»onsistent  with  their  duty  as  American  citizens ;  but  if  they 
go  heartily  into  the  work  of  educating  their  youth,  in  the  liberal  manner  in 
which  education  niay  be  bestowed  on  all  in  this  country,  I  shall  not  be 
xmder  any  great  apprehensions  from  that  old  gentleman.  Though  I  mnst 
own  that  th€  catholic  bishops  in  Canada,  pensioned  by  Queen  Victoria, 
defender  of  the  royal  protestant  church  and  bible,  and  who  has  a  veto  on 
their  appointment,  were  among  the  bitterest  enemies  of  republicanisip  in 
the  memorable  times  of  1837-8.  The  Irish  prelates,  independent  of  court 
favor  and  the  pension,  are  far  more  liberal.  What  church  is  there,  pos- 
sessed of  temporal  power,  that  has  not  abused  it  ?    I  know  of  none. 

In  1841,  the  catholics  and  other  denominations  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
who  oppose  the  union  of  Church  and  State,  and  "  protestant  ascendancy*?!: — 
in  the  public  schools,  finding  that  th6ir  petitions  of  the  previous  year  uiP 
equal  rights  of  education,  were  refused  by  the  legislature,  held  many  pub' 


lie  mc 


_  -^    itended  iSTniisnopHugiies, 

who  told  the  people  that  if  they  did  not  W^  to  send  men  to  the  legislature 
whose  known  views  were  opposed  to  eMpiastical  tyranny'flid  disposed 
to  give  the  people  the  election  of  the  school  superintendents  and  managers* 


108 


BISHOP  HVOBCS. 


ii 


■S. 


their  petitions  would  prove  worse  than  useless.  Mis  effortiKin  favor  of  re- 
ligimin  liberty  to  his  flock  were  BtiKm!itizf(J»as  iiuiJue  political  inlerferciice  • 
but  how  roul^l  he  avoid  coming  forw  urd,  when  he  saw  Col.  Stone,  the  New 
Yprk  Commercial,  and  the  friends  of  a  national  predominant  faith,  calling 
oil  the  voters  to  demand  pledges  from  the  cantfidate^,  to  vote 'down  the 
principle  of  equal  religious  risrhts.  if  sent  to  Albany  ?  His  advice  was 
followed,  and  ttte  people  of  New  York  obtained  the  control  of  their  public 
BChoQis;  this  enraged  tlte  bigots,  and  from  not  a  few  of  the  pulpits  of  New 
York,  the  Eirglish  bible  was  praised,  but  the  catholic  religion  slandered  A 
like  course  was  follawed.in  Philadelphia,  whichcnded  m  noonday  murder 
anarchy,  and  the  disgrace  of  the  coiuiUT  at  home  and  al)road.  In  Ne> 
York,  it  gave  us  a  civic  cbrporation,  upon  tlie  principle  of  violating  the  t:on- 
stitutiou  Its  members  had  sworn  to  uphold,  for  they  were  ])ledgtd  K)  with- 
hold office  from  all  adbpted  citizens,  although  these  hatl  been  imitcd  to 
share  equa  rights  her^,  on  solemnly  abjuring  the  governments  of  their 
birth  aiyl  all  others.  U  was  pledged,  too,  in  defiance  of  the  constitution, 
to  uphold  protestantascpndancy,  or,  as  Col.  Stone  had  It,  a  national  relieion 
—and  I  firnily  believe,  that  but  for  the  mild,  peaceful;  and  chrislian-like 
conduct  of  Bishop  Hughes  and  the  clergy  of  his  order,  the  insulted  catho- 
/hcs  would  have  resented  the  studied  injustice  done  them,  and  tliee\erto 
be  lamented  scenes  of  Philadelphia,*  been  repeated  in  New  York     thp 

not 
J  ire. 
:,_ — : ~ —""v-t- .•..tj..vo,  ijtvcj  iiuu  uiiy  cor- 
respondence with  him,  is  not  connecteji  with,  nor  an  admirer  of  tlie  church 
government  of,  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  was  bred  a  presbytcrian  and 
has  sent  his  children  for  years  to  the  presbytcrian  Sunday  school.-*,  where  the 
edition  of  jhe  liible  to  which  catholics  conscientiously  object,  is  regularly 

M*.?.^-*?^  "'^^*'';  '^V*  meeting  of  the  protestant  clergy  of  Uie  Presbytcrliuj,  Baptist, 
Methodist,  tpiscopaiian,  Lutl.uran,  Independent,  and  other  orders,  in  PhiiadeluLia;  wa^ 
failed  to  form  an  «  American  Protestant  Association"  thcie.  It  was  formed— and  the  con- 
slitution  commences  with  a,"  Whereas  we  beliTC  the  system  of  Popcrv  to  be,  in  its  Drin- 
ciplcK  and  tendency,  subversive  of  civil  and  religious  liberty,  and  destructive  to  tlie  suiritual 
welfare  01  men,  we  unite,"  &c.  One  of  the  objects  of  \he  90  Philadelphia  preachers  who 
iigned  it  was  to  "  1  o  awaken  the  attentions  of  the  community  to  the  dangers  which  threaten 
the  liberties,  and  the  pubhc  and  domestic  instilutious,  of  these  United  Slates,  from  tha 
assaults  of  Romanism." 

In  their  address,  of  which  1,5,000  copies  were  printed  as  a  first  edition,  they  reprobate  Uic 
Jesuits,  an  order  of  men  whose  avowed  principles  are  really  dangerous  to  sMietv.  and  who 
liave  been  expelled  at  various  periods  from  both  catholic  and  protestant  countries  Tiiev 
call  the  Pope  the  Antichrist  of  St.  John,  Daniel,  and  the  Re/elat ions-quote  authorities 
to  show  that  Romanism  is  a  damnable  doctrine— describe  catljolic  missionaries  as  •'  Pooish 
emissaries  who  are  busily  scattering  the  seeds  of  death"— point  to  the  "  leaders  o?  the 
Roman  Church  in  tjie  United  States,  a  large  and  increasing  body  pf  erclesiastics,  mostly 
foreigners,  who  have  no  ties  of  birth  or  blood  to  aUach  Uicm  to  our  soil,"  who  are  '•  alien  in 
■ympathyand  interest  from  the  mass  of  the  American  people,"  a*d  whose  "  system  has  a 
loreign  head.  Its  bishops  owe  a  paramount  allegiance  to  the  Pope.  All  ccslesiuK'ieal  at), 
imintments,  mcluding  those  of  the  pastors  of  their  ohurches,  emanate  directly  or  kidirectlv 
■  ^"'S.*?""'  •••,••.*•  •.*"?  *•»«*<«  ^^y  oPRoman  Catholics  in  this  country,  may,  on  any  Kiveii  * 
poWico/  or  ecclesiastical  question,  be  controUed  and  guided  by  a  secrJt  mandate  froin  the 

SlVi-II'-  They  alsorefer  to  Pope  Greg;oryXVI'8  letter  of  August,  1832,  for  his  assertion 
that  liberty  of  conscience,  Mberty  of  opmion,  liberty  of  the  press,  aim  the  separation  of  church 
Md  state,  are  four  of  the  sorest  evUs  with  which  a  nation  can  be  afflicted,  and  they  !?o  back  to 
Peter  Dens,  to  show  that  Rome  beheveddt  was  right  to  put  heretics  to  death »  the  IS  000 
iirotestant  ministers  of  the  Union  are  eamesUy  invited  to  retaU  their  violent  and  provokinjr 
language,  and  societies  against  forqigners  and  the  pope  are  suggested  as  auxiliaries.  Who 
ran  wwHler  that  90  violent^rtizan  pTeachetsJrf  one  city,  with  the  press  at  their  contro;. 
IZ  ^!L5  """'  ««""?«,  ""dJmorancftand  phsjudice  on  both  sides,  should  have  i.ro.lnccd 
^'^j**'?^^ ?f.T'  ^}^>  *'"*=^  *"•  foifever^eflcct  disgraceon  all  concerned  ?  Werln" 
■"lu  .  n  ««*«>?  HuRhes  and  his  clergy,  as  far  as  a  moderate  Presbyterian  may,  frbin 
f„k  W,  °2?",  Ci'tt'olic,  I  here  record  to  ^heir  Honor,  the  spirit  of  christian  forbiaranca 
vrbKb  tbev  disomved  in  IS44 :  »  anirit  irliiAK    a<u.nnJoj  ...  ^»  _..  i <• ut.iz 


^i.jX7fcI„  J-  1  "-"■"»-,*"'=•>'  .VI.UIU  wwv"  Honor,  me  spmi  ot  cnnstian  torbearanca 
V^  they  displayed  in  1844 ;.  a  spirit  wlii61i,  seconded  as  it  was  by  many  of  our  New 
York  protastant  aler^ytewqwd^ghtfttlythe  risk  wte  ria  of  havliirtheTsgmK  of  the"^^ 
(popeiy  note  of  London  andPhUadSlphia  renewed  in  the  commeicial  emporium  of  America, 


as  «  new  aigumest  agidiut^e^iiTa  inatitutions. 


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THE  NEW-YORK  EXAIUIVER,  IVo.  «• 


^'iii  favoir  of  re- 
al  iiilerferclice ; 
f<tone.  the  New 
nt  faith,  calling 
vote 'down  the 
lis  ndviee  \va« 
of  their  public 
pulpits  of  New 
n  slandered.  A 
)onday  murder, 
road.  In  NeDJ' 
>latiiig  thetjon- 
edgfd  t()  Avith- 
buen  invited  to 
meijts  of  their 
e  constitution, 
ational  religion 
I  christian-like 
insulted  catho- 
md  the  e\er  to 
!W  York,  the 
)ndon,  lias,  not 
tish  empire. 
;r  had  any  cor- 
r  of  the  church 
isbytcrian,  and 
)ol.s  where  the 
it,  is  regularly 

bytcrliu),  Baptist, 
Pniladcluhia,  vtat 
led — and  the  con- 
to  be,  in  its  priO'  ' 
Tc  to  tiin  spiritual 
ia  preaciirrs  who 
rs  which  threaten 
States,  from  tha 

ley  reprobate  the 
society,  and  who 
Lountries.    T^iey 
luote  amijoriiics 
larics  as  •'  Popish  ' 
"  leaders  "q?  the 
losiastics,  ninstly 
iLoare  <•  alien  in 
e  "  syNtem  Ims  a 
ec.«ilcsius:ical  ap- 
ctly  or  kidirectiy 
lay,  on  any  given  ' 
landatu  from  the 
for  his  nKsertion 
afatinn  of  church 
1  they  i;o  back  to 
ith !  The  18,000 
It  and  provokinjj 
ixiliarics.    Who 
at  their  cnntro/, 
J  have  proilnccd 
med?  Differing 
?rian  may,  from 
tian  forbcaranca 
my  of  our  New 


NEW-YOKk,  NOVEMBER  25.  1844. 


RSIS  or  the  onlE 
ium  of  America, 


THa  soiff  s  or  tbb  bmbralii  zbxb, 

OR 

Lives  of  Renutrkable  Irishmen,  and  Persons  of  Irish  Origin  in  America, 
BY  WILLIAM  L.  MACKENZIE. 

Th§  first  number  of  this  work,  as  a  specimen,  was  published  here,  in 
March  last,  by  Burgess  &  Stringer,  who  sold  an  'impression  of  about 
three  thousand  copies  from  stereotype  plates,  and  inform  me  that  very  '" 
many  itiquiries  have  since  been  made  for  the  rest  of  the  volume. 

The  Truth-Teller,  Freeman's  Journal,  Tribune,  Herald,  Aurora,  and 
other  papers  of  this  city,  and  the  Boston  Pilot,  Albany  Argus  and  At- 
las, and  nearly  fifty  other  periodicals  throughout  the  Union,  have  men- 
tioned the  book  with  approbation.  Messrs.  Thomas  and  Charles 
O'Conor,  Robet-t  Emmet,  Dr.  Mac  Neven,  John  M'Keon,  J.  G.  Hutton, 
Henry  O'Reilly,  John  Tracey,  and  several  other  generous,  public-spirit- 
ed citizens,  have  subscribed  and  paid  for  a  number  of  copies,  towards 
enabling  me  to  continue  the  publication  without  loss  or  parting  with  . 
the  copyright.  - 

As  a  scheme  of  proscription,  or  war  of  races  and  religions,  has  been 
agreed  on  by-  Messrs.  Daniel  Webster,  James  Watson  Webb,  Hale  & 
Hallock,  Brooks  of  the  Express,  Hall  of  the  Commercial,  Charles  King, 
Edward  Curtis,  Senator  Arched  and  their  confederates,  in  the  foreign 
unovement,  miscaHed  "  native,"  by  which  they  hope  to  divide  the  Re- 
'pjublic  against  itself,  tear  in  two  the  flag  of  the  Union — the  stars  for 
"citizens  by  chance" — for  "citizens  by  choice"  the  stripes — and  as 
some  representatives  have  been  sent  to  Congress  from  Philadelphia  and 
New- York,  with  instructions  to  stir  up  strife  between  their'^i^ls^^en 
of  many  creeds,  the  natives  of  many  lands,  and  disturb  the  naturalizi'tion 
laws,  as  wisely  settled  by  Thomas  Jefferson,  ^e  Witt  Clinton,  and  the 
Congress  of  1802,  it  seems  desirable  that  the  true-hearted  sons  of  this 
free  soir,  who,  during  ages  of  revolution,  war,  trouble,  and  proscription, 
in  the  old  world,  have  welcomed  as  their  brethren  the  oppressed,  the 
persecuted,  the  patriotic,  and  the  enterprising,  whate'er  their  creed  or 
country,,  should  be  reminded,  of  what  the  Sons  of  the  Emerald  Isle  and 
their  descendants  have  done  to  establish  and  maintain  our  free  institu- 
tions,     f 

In  a  political  sense,  then,  "  the  Lives  of  Remarkable  Irishmen,"  if 
faithfully,  and  Judiciously  compiled,  will  form  a  truly  interesting  and 
useful  volume,  containing  many  facts  valuable  for  reference  in  future 
years,  and  embracing  in  eight  or  ten  numbers,  at  12^  cents  each,  or  one 
dollar  for  the  whole,  brief  biographical  sketches  of  more  than  one  thou- 
sand pejTsons  of  celebrity. 

The  rnanuscript  copy  for  four  or  five  additional  numbers  is  now  ready 
for  the  compositor,  and  the  object  of  this  statement  Is  to  induce  those 
who  approve  of  the  undertaking  to  exert  themselves  to  obtain  and  send 
me  lists  of  subset ibers,  thereby  to  diminish  the  risk  of  loss,  on  the  out- 


TaythMmiist  be  incurred^ 
ing,  Sec.     Although  3000  copiesof  number  one  sold  quickly,- that  sale 
was  found  insufficient  to  defray  the  cost  of  its  publication. 

My  opinions,  as  stated  in  number  one  and  els^here,  have  subjected 
me  to  much  abuse  of  a  very  violent  character,  from  the  journals  of  the 
&ction  called  *'  native,"  here  and  in  Philadelphia.;  Four  months  since, 
I  was  aj^inted  to,  and  now  fill,  a  situation  of  small  emolument  and 


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"of  the.old  Saxon^'race."  .     ■  Wf . '' 

Editors  friendly  fo  the  object  I  have  in  vii.w   «/;il  ,i  r-  .     *     ; 

«„,  Ai,  .,..e  j„._,„d  ini.v;,,,,.ir:,:;s»";l  *'ri  "'fct 

New-York,  Nov.  20,  1841.  "  VV.  L.  &ACKENZIE. 

NOTICES  OF  THE  FIRST  NUMBER 

a  very  geimral  circulntion.-JV.  V.  Tribuue  <=«""»'y»'en.    It  must  comiimiid 

pen.everance  which  diHtiniruiHh  oiir  nmiZZ  .?*"""■'  ?««"««""»•  and  fiardy 

f.e  embodied  in  a  worrof'^t  e  S  SJi^^toL^  ?"  «;"  .^''^''-Je  what  interest  may 
it  earnestly  to  the  p.^onLe  of  Se  wto  £«  ,h^  I- •  ^'rV""'""  .  ^«  <=«""nena 
tVir  fi^lhern,  or  admire  the  n"  nv  es?im«l?l«^nf„l  r    '""'',«'''!«''  ""«>  »»e  the  home  of 

_    A  large  portion  of  the  mo.st  disririS^iKo.i  „„..:„..  __j   ,_.  ... 


I.n?e'bef„  G;me„"or''„"f  iS  'JSff^l  f"'""^  "V^  ?»«'«''""'»  of  this  country 
lives  of  dislinguiXd  ri"  .men''  m.J^t  be^  Srvaco."Zi^''r  i'^''  *h''"=''«''  «''  "•« 
who  are  willing  to  regard  with  T-  ndor  the  2m  P^v'  ^^''^  "»  ""  •""  «='»'*«"« 
the  patriotic  sons  of  d^rK^J  |,ri"le  who  h""^'",''''"''''''''  "-^^^^  ''«»«'  ""^  heart  of 
try  L  their  home,  as  well  as  tl  e ir  retriiu  from  „n^/"""' •  'T'  '"^"P'^'^  «"'  ««""- 
work  eould  not  Imve  fallen  i,rheSHm„dHha^CJ"„'l-?i  "^^"^'V  '»»''•  This 
kenzie,  whose  ability  as  a  powe2|  write'  »^  hp^n  fh„  '^  "if  "I!"'"''  ^^"'-  I"  Muc- 

An  "interesting  and  valuable  publication."-F««„««V  Journal,  N.  V. 

feel,  proud  of.     Those  liberal  a.irf  i„»i«ril'  7     ••  °5*  V""*!"  ""  *"''*'  ""'ght  justly 
there^re  no  grea'tmenlivrJ.  ofj.1!SlT.:\L"tj^:'^^  -»'!' ««•«?!  «o  b4vd  tha't 

iaxop 


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there  are  no  »r«r,T     V   •        """  '"^«'"?enHndividuals  who  al 

Its  origin  m  toryisro.  it  will  certainly  diii,E  ignorance      ' 

fend  the  character  of  hisancestorm-lfwS?,  sJuna^Sin^        mmsmp-  -^ 

cI^SL' ^'  *""'  '""'■'""  "'""'«''  «''•''«'•-  «<•  "«»r  one  hui,drerSmen.-S«,t& 

@X!!^^iS&'"  "'"""'"''  ""'  '"  '"''^'''  '^  '^':°""«  occasidS  fbr  his" 

te^i^s?^-i--dil^^ 


A  mbst 


I'onipiled  wil 
ning  Herald 

I  and  interesting  littl« 


.at  care  and  ability.    Every  Irishman  must  have  it. 
RnbliMtiqn^nhowingataglaiHifr^fae 


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■•X 


»iaS:!iS^1oL\?ll'se'S^^^^^  the  two  great  e-en:, 

PfSL?rSjS.t!:^  It  Will  be  ^^ 

the  n.e,„ory  of  th,  benefacC  o/'ffirXn"  £re«  ir^fi^^^ 


v^ 


■  have  complain" 
tiiftlly  circillated 
igli  a  citizen,  on 
o  he  on  ttuj'^st 
the  aristacjniLev 


hiigo  me  by  no- 
0  Ibel  willing  to 
pecuniary  loss, 
he  goodness  to 
en,  as  early  as 

CKENZIE. 


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Siringer.    It  1«  h  n, 
'  Ireliinil,  onij  '\fi  a 
It  miisit  coiiiiimud 

!oiintrte8''h{ive  al- 
ioiisin.  and  fiardy 
vhat  interest  may 
.  We  cointnend 
y  he  the  home  ot 
(eneroiia  and  op- 
iice  is  beginning 
InesB,  and  in  now 
ty  for  another  rt^ 

n  or thia  country 
e  tiketches  of  the 
>  all  our  citizens 
lead  and  heart  of 
lupted  our  conn- 
itive  land.  This 
r,  Will.  L.  Mac- 
orious  labors  oi 

J.  Y. 

itrioiic  devotion 
rtli  might  justly 
;  to  believlB  that 


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is  an  energetic 
orthy  an  actual 
trocure  a  copy. 

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